Timur

Connected Sites: 10

Definition
WHS conquered by Timur. Timur or Tamerlane was a 14th century Turco-Mongol conqueror of much of western and Central Asia.

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Connected Sites

  • Shakhrisyabz
    Shakhrisyabz
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.60
    104
    6
  • Samarkand
    Samarkand
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.37
    171
    6
  • Baalbek
    Baalbek
    Lebanon
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.99
    103
    5
  • Mtskheta
    Mtskheta
    Georgia
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.18
    182
    5
    Ravaged it in the 15th century
  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan
    Meidan Emam, Esfahan
    Iran
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.78
    106
    2
  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.52
    71
    6
  • Pergamon
    Pergamon
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.56
    144
    6
    The city fell to the Ottomans in 1345, then briefly to the Mongols under Timur before being taken again by the Ottomans under Murat II (1421-1451)(AB ev)
  • Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens
    Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.75
    73
    4
    In 1394, Timur surrounded Diyarbakır and was able to enter the city through a hole on the city wall, and demolished many buildings. (AB ev)
  • Damascus
    Damascus
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    79
    6

    "In 1400, Timur, the Turco-Mongol conqueror, besieged Damascus. The Mamluk sultan dispatched a deputation from Cairo, including Ibn Khaldun, who negotiated with him, but after their withdrawal, Timur sacked the city on 17 March 1401" (wiki)
  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
    Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
    Kazakhstan
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.39
    68
    4
    "The Mausoleum was built at the end of the 14th century by the order of Timur" (AB ev)