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Timour

American  
[ti-moor] / tɪˈmʊər /
Or Timur

noun

  1. Tamerlane.


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O divine Timour, will thy great soul soon revive?

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis

Timour began looking at me in a peculiar way—he certainly dominated me for an instant—for a tenth of a second; and then Khatoun flew at me before I could control Timour—” I hesitated.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Zingis came down upon the Seljukians, and Timour came down upon the Ottomans.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry

The memory of the glorious age of Timour is ever present to our minds. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis

Some say this Tartarean conqueror was called Timour or Temur-chi, and his origin is wrapt in mystery.

From Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by McAllan, Alexander