| He was the son of a tribal leader | |
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| Timur first united under his leadership the Turko-Mongol tribes located in the basins of the two rivers | He was from a Mongol tribe, Barlos |
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.
4| La Vie et la cour de Tamerlan | |
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| There were mongol tribes used to live in the area where his father was a leader | He is also called Timur Leng [Timur the lame] |
Some historians claim that he was the descendant of Jenghiz Khan.