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1. Timur

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   While Timur was a relentless warrior, his administration established a framework that lasted long after his death. He did not implement a fixed administrative system but rather relied on loyal military governors and local noble houses sworn to his service.
   Timur’s patronage of culture was unparalleled among the Turco-Mongol conquerors of his age. He viewed the rebuilding of cities destroyed during his conquests as both a political imperative and a religious duty. He forcibly relocated the most skilled architects, scholars, artisans, and calligraphers from conquered lands—such as [Isfahan](/e…