"Tamerlane, c.1336–1405, b. Kesh, near Samarkand. He is also called Timur Leng (Timur the lame). He was the son of a tribal leader, and a maternal descendant of Genghis Khan. He was from a Mongol tribe, Barlos. There were mongol tribes used to live in the area where his father was a leader. Timur spent his early military career in subduing his rivals in what is now Turkistan; by 1369 he firmly controlled the entire area from his capital at Samarkand." Timur 6. Columbia Encyclopedia. 2001-07. （原始内容存档于2008-06-30）.
"Belonging to a minor military family, and of Turkish origin, Timur was born in Transoxiana (present-day Uzbekistan) in the fourteenth century. He rose to prominence in the service of the local Mongol ruler, claimed to be descended from Chingiz-Khan, and defeated all competitors." Massoume Price. Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook. ABC-CLIO. 2005: 56 [2014-04-14]. （原始内容存档于2014-07-04）.
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., Quotation: "... Timur first united under his leadership the Turko-Mongol tribes located in the basins of the two rivers." Central Asia, history of Timur. Encyclopædia Britannica, Online Edition. 2007 [2014-04-14]. （原始内容存档于2022-05-31）.
"Belonging to a minor military family, and of Turkish origin, Timur was born in Transoxiana (present-day Uzbekistan) in the fourteenth century. He rose to prominence in the service of the local Mongol ruler, claimed to be descended from Chingiz-Khan, and defeated all competitors." Massoume Price. Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook. ABC-CLIO. 2005: 56 [2014-04-14]. （原始内容存档于2014-07-04）.
Timur. Encyclopædia Britannica, Online Academic Edition. 2007 [2014-04-14]. （原始内容存档于2020-03-25）.
., Quotation: "... Timur first united under his leadership the Turko-Mongol tribes located in the basins of the two rivers." Central Asia, history of Timur. Encyclopædia Britannica, Online Edition. 2007 [2014-04-14]. （原始内容存档于2022-05-31）.
History of Central Asia. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 13 December 2008 [2014-04-14]. （原始内容存档于2015-04-30）.
"Tamerlane, c.1336–1405, b. Kesh, near Samarkand. He is also called Timur Leng (Timur the lame). He was the son of a tribal leader, and a maternal descendant of Genghis Khan. He was from a Mongol tribe, Barlos. There were mongol tribes used to live in the area where his father was a leader. Timur spent his early military career in subduing his rivals in what is now Turkistan; by 1369 he firmly controlled the entire area from his capital at Samarkand." Timur 6. Columbia Encyclopedia. 2001-07. （原始内容存档于2008-06-30）.
