Timur

: For the chess engine Tamerlane, see Tamerlane.

Contributions to the arts

Timur became widely known as a patron to the arts. Much of the architecture he commissioned still stands in Samarqand, now in present-day Uzbekistan.

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Samarqand - Uzbekistan

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According to legend, Omar Aqta, Timur's court calligrapher, transcribed the Qur'an using letters so small that the entire text of the book fit on a signet ring. Omar also is said to have created a Qur'an so large that a wheelbarrow was required to transport it. Folios of what is probably this larger Qur'an have been found, written in gold lettering on huge pages.

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Omar Aqta - Calligrapher - Qur'an - Signet ring - Wheelbarrow - Folio

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