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The 28 pages that link to Timur, each with the reason it gives.

• BaburRelated: Babur claimed descent from Timur and invoked that heritage as a source of authority.

• SamarkandRelated: Timur made Samarkand his capital and gathered artisans there from conquered lands.

• Ibn KhaldunRelated: Ibn Khaldun met Timur during the siege of Damascus in 1401 and described their encounter.

• Chagatai KhanateRelated: He took power in the western khanate's lands while using Chagatai legitimacy selectively.

• Ottoman InterregnumRelated: His victory over Bayezid made the princes’ rivalry possible.

• Anatolian beyliksRelated: His campaign restored some former beylik rulers and altered Anatolia’s balance of power.

• NishapurRelated: Timur's campaigns contributed to later upheavals in the region around Nishapur.

• Battle of AnkaraRelated: Timur commanded the victorious army and personally captured Bayezid.

• HeratRelated: His conquests brought Herat under the dynasty that later made it a major capital.

• Timurid RenaissanceRelated: His conquests created the dynasty whose successors became major cultural patrons.

• Bayezid IRelated: Timur’s invasion turned Bayezid’s expansion into a struggle for survival.

• TokhtamyshRelated: Timur initially helped Tokhtamysh gain power, before becoming his principal enemy.

• Ulugh BegRelated: His dynasty created the political and cultural inheritance in which Ulugh Beg ruled.

• Battle of the Terek RiverRelated: His army defeated Tokhtamysh at the Terek River.

• Mehmed IRelated: His victory over Bayezid created the conditions for Mehmed’s succession struggle.

• Uzun HasanRelated: The political order created by Timur shaped the rival powers Uzun Hasan later confronted.

• Battle of the Vorskla RiverRelated: His wars against Tokhtamysh destabilized the Horde and set the stage for Lithuanian intervention.

• History of Central AsiaRelated: His campaigns and patronage made Samarkand a major imperial center.

• History of UzbekistanRelated: His campaigns and patronage reshaped the region’s late medieval political and cultural landscape.

• Qara QoyunluRelated: Timur’s invasions disrupted Qara Qoyunlu rule and forced its leaders into exile.

• Rise of the Ottoman EmpireRelated: His victory caused the Ottoman Interregnum and tested the dynasty’s survival.

• Smyrniote CrusadesRelated: His forces destroyed the crusaders’ Smyrna stronghold during the Anatolian campaign.