Timur the Lame (Tamerlane), having conquered Khwarezm…
1372 CE to 1383 CE
Timur the Lame (Tamerlane), having conquered Khwarezm by 1381, initiates a successful onslaught against the rulers and peoples of the Middle East and Transcaucasia, although he is diverted several times by military threats from Tokhtamysh, his former ally and khan of the Golden Horde.