Amir Timur, who unified Central Asia

Amir Temur (1336-1405) was the man who made Central Asia the center of the world in the 14th century.
If there had been no Amir Timur, the Central Asia of today, with its multi-ethnic and diverse cultures, would not exist.
He served as a focal point, uniting the various ethnic groups scattered across what is now Central Asia.
If the people who previously ruled Central Asia were foreigners, he unified Central Asia as a member of the Central Asian people born in Central Asia.
His unification inspired other peoples living in Central Asia, and thus enabled the creation of a Central Asia with a culture different from that of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

A child called 'Shahib Kiran'
In 1336, the Yuan Dynasty, the center of the Mongol Empire that ruled mainland China, had extended its power to the Korean Peninsula and was ruling Goryeo under the orders of Kublai Khan.
And in the spring of that year, Eurasian astrologers noticed the third Shahib-Khiran shining over the nameless steppes of Central Asia.
And I knew that soon one would be born who would rule all of humanity.


Eurasian astrologers say that the birth of the ruler of humanity can be known by the appearance of a bright star every 800 years.
That is 'Shahibkiran'.
They claim that when this star first shone, Alexander the Great was born, and when it shone a second time, the Prophet Muhammad was born.
As we know, Alexander the Great ruled half of humanity with the spiritual civilization of Hellenism, and Muhammad ruled half of humanity with Islam.
And in common, they expanded into physical territory.
However, Islam rejected Alexander the Great and Europe rejected Muhammad.


Amir Timur was born on April 9, 1336, in the small village of Kesh (now Shakhrisabz), near Samarkand, the second largest city in present-day Uzbekistan.
His mother, Tekine Hotun, later told her son about the dream she had.

“Once in a dream a very handsome young man who looked like an Arab gave me a knife.
I took it and started swinging it.
But suddenly, a flash of light came from the sword and illuminated the entire world.
As soon as I woke up in the morning, I ran to the wise man and asked him to interpret my dream.
He said that dreams tell destiny.
God said he would send me a son and that son would rule the world.
He said that all Muslims would respect him and that he would brighten up the difficult world.
The dream soon became reality.
God gave you to me.”
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The army led by Amir Timur and Hussein attacked bravely and captured four fortresses.
Upon hearing this news, the remaining three fortresses surrendered.
However, Malik Mahmud began to fear the abilities of Amir Timur and Hussein, who had conquered the fortress more easily than expected, and heeded the advice of his subordinates that the two would swallow up Seistan whole.
He finally decided to attack Amir Timur and Hussein and launched a large-scale offensive.
For Amir Timur and Hussein, these attacks were not a terrifying threat.
However, a sudden situation made it difficult for him to maintain a stable defense, and he ended up suffering a fatal injury.
He was shot in the right elbow and leg by arrows.
However, despite Amir Timur's injury, the Allied forces repelled Malik Mahmud's attack.


In the Battle of Seistan, Amir Timur seized the opportunity to expand his power, but he suffered fatal injuries to his precious arms and legs, and was destined to live the rest of his life as a cripple.


But this marked the beginning of a legend.
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Cut off the head of Islam with the sword of Islam
If we apply this phenomenon to modern times, Amir Timur created a third party between the ruling party and the main opposition party.
And by renewing the ruling paradigm of national administration, he presented a third way to the people.
It is a story of a challenge for power by uniting the abandoned people who wanted to overthrow the two great powers of the Mongol Empire and Sunni and Shia Islam.


Amir Timur's pledge to create a new world was to eradicate the evils of Islam.
As-Sid S., a leading scholar on Amir Timur.
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Adshead argued that as a Muslim, Amir Timur was a secularist and a modernist, not a fundamentalist.
He did not adhere to the fundamental principle of Islam, the unity of religion and state.
Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was both a religious leader and a political leader.
Therefore, all Islamic countries elected their leaders based on unity between the church and the state.
However, Amir Timur never acknowledged himself as a religious leader and maintained the following policy:

First, the administration of Islam was left entirely to Muslim leaders.

Second, it prohibited Islam from interfering in political affairs and, in fact, excluded the 'Ulema', who had served as traditional political and religious leaders, from government institutions.

Third, he prohibited the establishment of a seminary bearing his name.
He convinced Muslims that the names of Islamic scholars and leaders were appropriate for the names of seminaries, as he was clearly a political leader in the Islamic world and not a religious leader.
A great conqueror and ruler would have wanted to have a symbolic seminary named after him, but Amir Timur had different ideas.
He considered himself an equal Muslim, no different from ordinary people.

Fourth, he did not spare support for the reconstruction of mausoleums to honor the leaders of each sect in order to unite supporters of Sufism.
This was welcome news to Sufis, whose religious activities were centered around the tomb and opposed to the traditional ulema.

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