Hasan Nizami et al, Taju-l Ma-asir & Appendix, Translated in 1871 by Elliot and Dawson, Volume 2 - The History of India, Cornell University Archives, pp 22, 219, 398, 471
"Baber", in دائرۃ المعارف بریٹانیکا: "... Baber first tried to recover Samarkand, the former capital of the empire founded by his Mongol ancestor Timur Lenk ..."
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Richard Eaton (September 2000)۔ "Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States"۔ Journal of Islamic Studies۔ 11 (3): 283–319۔ doi:10.1093/jis/11.3.283
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, "Timur", 6th ed., Columbia University Press: "... Timur (timoor') or Tamerlane (tăm'urlān), c.1336–1405, Mongol conqueror, b. Kesh, near Samarkand. ...", (LINK)