Timur's Tomb, (Tamberlaine), Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum, Samarkand, c20th century. Timur (1336-1405), historically known as Amir Timur and Tamerlane was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia, the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty.