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Source/Further reading:

The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane, by Beatrice Forbes Manz: https://books.google.ch/books?id=1Nzh_9DZ5DYC&redir_esc=y

Tamerlane's Career and Its Uses, by Beatrice Forbes Manz: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20078942

Short Biographies: https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/people-politics/tamerlanes-reign-of-terror/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Timur

Military strategy: https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/amir-timur-paragon-of-medieval-statecraft-or-central-asian-psychopath/

Timurid Chronology:https://faculty.washington.edu/dwaugh/hist225/225chron/timurchr1.html

Facts about Timur: https://ukdhm.org/40-facts-about-tamerlane-timur-the-lame/

Timur’s Disability: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20538810

Timur’s conquest of Balkh in 1370: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25818023