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September 30: Samarkand Amir Temur — also known in the West as Tamerlane (1336–1405) — was a 14th-century conqueror from Central Asia, born in  Uzbekistan. He rose from a local noble family to become one of history’s greatest military strategists, creating a vast empire that stretched from India to the Mediterranean. Temur saw himself as the restorer of the Mongol…