Timur (Persian:تیمورTimūr, Chagatai: Temür, Uzbek:Temur; died 18 February 1405), historically known as Tamerlane (Persian:تيمور لنگTimūr(-e) Lang, "Timur the Lame"), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia. He was also the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty.