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How did timur the lane get his name

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Timur the Lame, so called because he walked with a limp since half of his body

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Timur the lame (Tamerlame), a Turco-Mongol ruler of Persia, was nicknamed like this after the stick he needed after half of his body was paralyzed. The original name was "Timur-Lang" in Persian, which does mean "Timur the lame"

comment: thanks to SwagGirl for pointing out my mistake! I corrected it now:)
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