Immortalized in Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great (written in 1587–88), Timur Leng was not a Mongol but a Turk. Though he was said to be lame (hence the name “Leng”) he quickly became one of the world’s greatest conquerors. To legitimize his rule, Timur married the Chagatayid princess Saray Mulk-khanum, daughter of Qazan, the last […]