Timur
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Timur. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
called also TIMUR BEG and TIMUR LENK (that is, Timur the Lame), and, by corruption, TAMERLANE, tian antiquity in placing the first epistle a celebrated Oriental conqueror, of Mongol or Tartar race; born in the territory of Kesh, near Samarcand, in 1336. His ancestors were chiefs of the district, and Timur by his energy and abilities raised himself to be ruler of all Turkestan (1370). By degrees he conquered Persia and the whole of Central Asia, and extended his power from the great wall of China to Moscow. He invaded India (1398), which he conquered from the Indus to the mouths of the Ganges, massacring, it is said, on one occasion 100,- 000 prisoners. On his way from India to meet the forces of Bajazet, the Turkish sultan, he subjugated Bagdad, plundered Aleppo, burned down the greater part of Damascus, and wrested Syria from the Mamelukes, after which he overran Asia Minor with an immense army. Bajazet's army was completely defeated on the plain Ancyra gora), in 1402, and the Sultan was taken prisoner. The conquests of the Tartar now extended from the Irtish and Volga to the Persian Gulf, and from the Ganges to the Grecian Archipelago. He was making mighty preparations for an invasion of China when death arrested his progress at his camp at Otrar, beyond the Sir-Daria, in 1405, and his empire immediately fell to pieces. He is the reputed author of the "Institutions of Timur" and the "Autobiography of Timur," both translated into English. He is the hero of Marlowe's "Tamburlaine."
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
ti-moor', or Tamerlane (1333-1405), a Mongol emperor of Asia. The latter name signified Timur the Lame. He was distantly related to Genghis Khan , and restored his empire, making Samarkand his capital. His rule extended from the Mediterranean to the border of China. He was a Mohammedan. He aimed at universal dominion. "Since God is one," said he, "and hath no partner, therefore the vicegerent over the lands of the Lord must be one." See Samarkand ; Genghis Khan ; Tartar