Timur, Temur, Temür, Temir or Tömör is a masculine Turkic and Mongolic given name which literally means ''
iron
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''. It is a
cognate
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Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
name Demir. In Indonesian, timur translates to '' east'', and symbolizes hope by the rising sun.
Timur (russian: Тиму́р) is also a popular name for boys in
post-Soviet states
The post-Soviet states, also known as the former Soviet Union (FSU), the former Soviet Republics and in Russia as the near abroad (russian: links=no, ближнее зарубежье, blizhneye zarubezhye), are the 15 sovereign states that wer ...
, due in part to its usage in the novel ''
Timur and His Squad
''Timur and His Squad'' (russian: Тимур и его команда, Timur i yego komanda) is a short novel by Arkady Gaidar, written and first published in 1940. The book tells the story of a gang of village kids who sneak around secretly doing ...
'' by
Arkady Gaidar
Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, russian: link=no, Го́ликов; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet chil ...
.
Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name
Historical
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Möngke Temür
Möngke Temür ( or ) or Dudu Mengtemu (Manchu: ;遼寧省檔案館 『滿州實錄 上函』 ) (1370–1433) was a Jurchen chieftain of the Odoli tribe, one of the three tribes of the lower Sunggari river valley in Manchuria. In the 1380s the tr ...
(d.1280), khan of the Golden Horde
* Several rulers from the Chinese-Mongol
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...
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Temür Khan
Öljeytü Khan ( Mongolian: Өлзийт; Mongolian script: '; ), born Temür ( mn, Төмөр ; ; October 15, 1265 – February 10, 1307), also known as Emperor Chengzong of Yuan () by his temple name ''Chengzong'', was the second emperor of the ...
Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür
Uskhal Khan ( Mongolian: Усгал; Mongolian script: ; ), also called the Last Lord of Northern Yuan () or by his era name the Tianyuan Emperor (), born Tögüs Temür (; ), was an emperor of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1378 to 13 ...
Öljei Temür Khan
Öljei Temür Khan ( mn, Өлзийтөмөр хаан ; ), born Bunyashiri (, sa, प्रज्ञाश्री), (1379–1412) was a khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1408 to 1412. He was a son of Elbeg Nigülesügchi K ...
, ( 1408–1412)
* Köke Temür, a Yuan dynasty general
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Timur
Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kür ...
(1336–1405), a Central Asian ruler also known as Tamerlane.
* Timur II real name Neku Siyar (b. 1679d. 1723) was a (
De-facto
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Mughal emperor
The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled t ...
Timur Shah Durrani
Timur Shah Durrani (; prs, ;), also known as Timur Shah Abdali or Taimur Shah Abdali (December 1746 – May 20, 1793) was the second ruler of the Afghan Durrani Empire, from November 1772 until his death in 1793. An ethnic Pashtun, he was the se ...
(1748–1793), an Afghan 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
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Timur Dibirov
Timur Magomedovich Dibirov (russian: Тимур Магомедович Дибиров; born 30 July 1983) is a Russian handball player who plays for RK Zagreb and the Russian national team.
He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, w ...
Temur Iakobashvili
Temuri Yakobashvili ( ka, თემურ იაკობაშვილი, also transliterated as Temur Iakobashvili) (born September 3, 1967) is a Georgian political scientist, diplomat, and politician, serving as State Minister for Reintegrat ...
(born 1967), Georgian politician and diplomat
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Temur Juraev
Temur Oltiboevich Juraev ( uz, Temur Joʻrayev, born 12 May 1984 in Toshkent) is an Uzbekistani football goalkeeper who currently plays for Shurtan Guzar.
Career
Juraev has spent most of his career playing for ''Pakhtakor''. He played for Pak ...
(born 1984), Uzbekistani football player
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Timur Kapadze
Timur Kapadze ( uz, Temur Kapadze; russian: Тимур Кападзе; tr, Timur Kapadze, ka, თემურ კაპაძე) is an Uzbekistani former professional association football, football midfielder of Ahiska Turks, Ahiska-Turkish de ...
, Uzbekistani footballer
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Temur Ketsbaia
Temuri Ketsbaia ( ka, თემურ ქეცბაია; born 18 March 1968) is a Georgian former professional football player and current manager. He is the current manager of the Cyprus national team.
Club career
After beginning his prof ...
(born 1968), Georgian football player and manager
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Timur Kuran
Timur Kuran is a Turkish-American economist and political scientist, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. His work spans economics, political science, history, and law.
Ea ...
, American academic
* Timur Yunusov, Russian singer
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Timur Miroshnychenko
Timur Valeriyovych Miroshnychenko ( Ukrainian: Тімур Валерійович Мірошниченко) (born 9 March 1986) is a Ukrainian TV presenter for the channel UA:PBC. He was the host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 toget ...
, a Ukrainian TV presenter
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Timur Mutsurayev
Timur Khamzatovich Mutsurayev ( ce, Муцурай ХӀамзат-кӀант Темур; russian: Тимур Хамзатович Муцураев; born 25 June 1976), also spelled Mucuraev or Mutsuraev, is a Chechen retired singer and bard who s ...
(born 1976), Chechen singer and bard
* Timur Taymazov (born 1970), a Ukrainian weightlifter
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Timur Kulibayev
Timur Askaruly Kulibayev ( kk, Тимур Асқарұлы Құлыбаев, ''Timur Asqarūly Qūlybaev'', born 10 September 1966) is a Kazakh business oligarch and son-in-law of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kulibayev has hel ...
, Kazakh billionaire
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Teimour Radjabov
Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; az, Teymur Boris oğlu Rəcəbov, ; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster, ranked number 18 in the world
A former child prodigy, he earned the title of Grandmaster ...
(born 1987), an Azerbaijani chess player
* Timur Rodriguez, Russian showman, singer, TV and radio personality
* Timur Selçuk, Turkish musician
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Timur Tekkal
Timur Tekkal (born 3 June 1981) accessed: 7 March 2010 is a German
Timur Yanyali
Timur Yanyalı (born August 26, 1975) is a Turkish former association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender.
In the 2000–01 season he was suspended from football after doping test.
References
Externa ...
, Turkish footballer
* Tamoor Hussain, American journalist
Bar Timor
Bar Timor (בר טימור; born March 2, 1992) is an Israeli professional basketball player, who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Israeli national team.
Professional career
Timor was the Israeli Super ...
Minarti Timur
Minarti Timur (; 24 March 1968) is a former Indonesian badminton player who is affiliated with PB Djarum since 1987.
Career
Though she won women's singles at the 1990 Dutch Open, Minarti was primarily a doubles player, particularly excelling ...
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...
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East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...