Timur (disambiguation)

Taimur also spelled as Timur or Taimoor most commonly refers to Timur, a 14th-century Turko-Mongol ruler also known as Tamerlane.

It may also refer to:

Notable people

India

• Anwara Taimur, 8th Chief Minister of state of Assam, India

Pakistan

• Taimur Hussain, a Pakistani professional golfer
• Taimur Ali, a Pakistani First-class cricketer
• Taimur Sultan (cricketer), a Pakistani first-class cricketer
• Taimur Khan (cricketer, born 1991), a Pakistani First-class cricketer
• Taimur Khan (cricketer, born 1975), a Pakistani First-class cricketer
• Danish Taimoor, a Pakistani actor
• Taimoor Salahuddin, a Pakistani singer
• Taimur Rahman, a Pakistani singer

Oman

• Taimur bin Feisal, 12th Sultan of Oman
• Said bin Taimur, 13th Sultan of Oman

Historical

• Möngke Temür (d.1280), khan of the Golden Horde
• Several rulers from the Chinese-Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
  • Temür Khan (r. 1294–1307), the second ruler of the Yuan dynasty
  • Tugh Temür, better known as Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan (r. 1328–1332)
  • Toghon Temür (r. 1333–1370)
  • Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür (r. 1378–1388)
  • Yesün Temür (r. 1323–1328)
  • Öljei Temür Khan, (r. 1408–1412)
• Köke Temür, a Yuan dynasty general
• Timur (1336–1405), a Central Asian ruler also known as Tamerlane.
• Mengu Timur, The khan of Golden Horde
• Bayan Temür (King Gongmin of Goryeo)
• Khan Temir (d. 1637), a Budjak Nogais ruler
• Timur Shah Durrani (1748–1793), an Afghani ruler

Modern

• Temur Babluani (born 1948), a Georgian film director
• Timur Beg, (d. 1933), a Uyghur rebel leader
• Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh film and advertisement director
• Timur Dibirov (born 1983), a Russian handball player
• Timur Dzhabrailov, Russian footballer
• Timur Dzhalolov (born 1993), a Russian football player
• Timur Gareev, Uzbekistani chess player
• Timur Ibragimov, Uzbekistani boxer
• Temur Iakobashvili (born 1967), a Georgian politician and diplomat
• Temur Juraev (born 1984), a Uzbekistani football player
• Timur Kapadze, a Uzbekistani footballer
• Temur Ketsbaia (born 1968), a Georgian football player and manager
• Timur Kuran, American academic
• Timur Mutsurayev (born 1976), Chechen singer and bard
• Timur Taymazov (born 1970), a Ukrainian weightlifter
• Timur Kydyraliev, Kyrgyzstani footballer
• Timur Selçuk, Turkish musician
• Timur Taukenov, Russian footballer
• Timur Tekkal, German rugby union player
• Timur Yanyali, Turkish footballer

Places

• Timur, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran

Movement

• The Timurite movement, a youth volunteer organization in the Soviet Union

Others

• The temir komuz, a central Asian jaw harp
• The Nepal variety of Sichuan pepper

See also

• Timor (disambiguation)