Who ruled a powerful empire from Samarkand in the mid-1300s?

In the mid-1300s, Timur, also known as Tamerlane, ruled a powerful empire from Samarkand. He was a Turkic-Mongol conqueror who sought to restore the Mongol Empire's former glory and expanded his territory across Central Asia, the Middle East, and parts of India. His reign was marked by military campaigns and a patronage of the arts, leading to a flourishing of culture in his capital, Samarkand.