00:00In the heart of Central Asia, where the Silk Road once carried ideas and empires, a conqueror arose
00:28who would shape history. His name was Amir Timur, known to the West as Summerland. Warrior, Builder, Visionary.
00:38He was a great warrior, yes, he was a great strategist and he was a great politician and diplomat who had created a union of the countries along Silk Road
00:50and he had created the safety and big cooperation in that time.
00:59Born in 1336, Timur rose from the steps of Sakhrasab to become one of history's greatest empire builders.
01:06His campaigns stretched from Delhi to Damascus, but his vision extended far beyond conquest.
01:12But Timur was more than a conqueror. He saw cities as symbols of power and culture.
01:22Every arts, every dome is a conversation between past and future.
01:35The Madrasas stand as proof. Timur's dream was not only to conquer lands, but to illuminate minds.
01:42Under his rule, Samarkand was transformed into a jewel of the Islamic world.
01:48When any kingdom was joined to him, he invited the poets and writers. He invited the craftsmen, architects,
02:07he invited the scientists to Samarkand, and they were not as slaves.
02:18But alongside his victories, Timur's life was also marked by loss. In Sakhrasab's, his beloved son,
02:25Sakhongir Mirzo died young, plunging the ruler into grief.
02:36This sacred places revealed a human side of Amir Timur.
02:52of Amir Timur.
03:18Amir Timur had planned to be buried in his hometown,
03:21but history took another turn.
03:24When he died during his campaign to China in 1405,
03:28the harsh winter prevented his body from being returned to Sakhar Shabs.
03:33It was built by the order of Amir Timur to his beloved grandson Muhammad Sultan,
03:38who being so young, like 27 years old,
03:41he unfortunately left this world,
03:43and Amir Timur dedicated this Muslim only to him.
03:47This ensemble became a prototype of Registan Square in Samarka.
03:54Today his legacy still shapes Uzbekistan.
03:57In Tuskent, the Amir Timur Museum
03:59preserves artifacts and manuscripts from his era,
04:02reminding us of his role as a unifier of lands and cultures.
04:06Its exhibit tells a story not only of conquest,
04:09but of governance, diplomacy, and vision.
04:13The museum is called Amir Timur's
04:30that joy all year.
04:32For Uzbeks today, Amir Timur is more than a conqueror.
04:36He is remembered as a unifier, a visionary and the father of a renaissance.
04:41Six centuries later, his blue domes still touch the sky and his vision still inspires a nation
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