Explain how Timur the Lame relates to the Ottoman Empire.

Timur
"the Lame" (ca. 1336-1405), or Tamerlane, was born into the Barlas clan in the area of
Samarqand, a descendant of an amir from the time of Ghengis Khan.He first rose to prominence in
the 1360s and then, in 1379, set out on a campaign of conquest.He amassed an enormous empire,
including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Anatolia, southern Afghanistan, and northern India.See the first
link below for a map of Timur's conquests.One of his last major victories was a defeat of
Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II, who was taken captive, at the Battle of Ankara.Bayezid died in 1403.

This victory brings us to his significance for the Ottomans: Timur's victory
stopped the spread of Ottoman power for a few decades.Furthermore, after the Ottoman loss, there
was a period of instability and fratricide for about ten years, called the Ottoman Interregnum
(i.e. between reigns) or the Ottoman Civil War.The Ottoman Empire was restored to some semblance
of order only in 1413, by Sultan Mehmed I.

The defeat of the Ottomans at the
Battle of Ankara also likely prolonged the existence of the Byzantine Empire, the remnants of
which eventually fell to the Ottomans and Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" in 1453,
with the sack of Constantinople.

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