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Timur (name)

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Timur, Temür, Temir or Tömör (Mongolian: Төмөр) is a Turkic and Mongolic name which literally means iron. It is a cognate of the Turkish name Demir.

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Notable people with the name include:

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

    • Surname

  • Bar Timor (born 1992), Israeli basketball player
  • Daramyn Tömör-Ochir
  • Minarti Timur, Chinese-Indonesian badminton player
  • Mahmut Temür, (born 1989) a German football player

    • References

    Timur (name) Wikipedia
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