- a variation of Timour.
Timur
Britishnoun
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Two weeks before setting off for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics to compete as Kyrgyzstan's only alpine skier, Timur Shakirov was weaving down a slalom course in his homeland.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Written by Marco van Belle and directed by Russian action auteur Timur Bekmambetov, “Mercy” is a remarkably — though perhaps not surprisingly — conservative film, one that manages to be both pro-cop and pro-AI.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
The director is Timur Bekmambetov, who has made such frenzied features as 2008’s “Wanted” and 2016’s “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and produced last year’s much-ridiculed Prime Video remake of “War of the Worlds.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Kazakh billionaire Timur Kulibayev has told the BBC through his lawyers that he used a loan from a company called Enviro Pacific Investments to help him buy Andrew's former mansion.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
At length, in 1598, Baki Mehemet Khan, of the Astrakhan branch of the Timur family, mounted the throne, and thus introduced the dynasty of the Ashtarkhanides.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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