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Timur
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, (April 8, 1336 - February 18, 1405) was a 14th century conqueror of Southwest-Central Asia and founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty (1370-1405). He is said to have created Tamerlane Chess, a variant of medieval chess called Shatranj which is played on a larger board with several additional pieces and an original method of pawn promotion. Timur also became known as a…
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patron to the arts with much of his commissioned architecture still standing in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. He was the great-great-grandfather of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, which survived until 1857 as the Mughal Empire in India. And further the great-great-great-great-grandfather of Akbar who is also listed in the database as a board game designer.
Biography and credits from BoardGameGeek.
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