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Tamerlane

historical conqueror mentioned in The Iron Terror.

Kind
Human
Historicity
Historical / real

Names & variants

Timur-il-leng · Observed FormLame One · Title Or EpithetTimour · Observed FormTimur-Lang · Version Specific · Letter-preserved text

Works

Swords of ShahrazarText
Timur-il-lengMentioned · 1 source-counted occurrence · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — untitled-fragment, section
The Iron TerrorPrimary text
TamerlaneMentioned · first: Adventures in Science Fantasy UE p. 200
The Lame ManPrimary text
TimourOn Page · 98 source-counted occurrences · first: Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures — PDF pp. 182–200
The Question of the EastDraft 1
TamerlaneMentioned · first: Sentiment, printed p. 583 / PDF p. 601

Poetry

Poetry appearances come from the exhaustive exact-state census of all 765 currently catalogued Poetry textual states.

BabylonUntitled draft
TamerlaneMentioned · 1 source-counted occurrence · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 98
BabylonAn alternate version
TamerlaneMentioned · 2 source-counted occurrences · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 98
Lost NisapurUntitled draft
TamerlaneMentioned · 1 source-counted occurrence · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 97
The Sign of the SickleFinished / professional
TamerlaneMentioned · 1 source-counted occurrence · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 201
Timur-LangLetter-preserved text
TamerlaneMentioned · 1 source-counted occurrence · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 101

Correspondence

A person or entity may be a sender, recipient, subject or mention. Arrows show sender/recipient direction; these roles do not imply an appearance in Howard’s fiction.

Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 30, 1923MentionedLetter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 4, 1923MentionedLetter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June 1930MentionedLetter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. September 1930MentionedLetter to Harold Preece, ca. October or early November 1930MentionedLetter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. August 1931MentionedLetter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1931MentionedLetter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. April 1932MentionedLetter to H. P. Lovecraft, July 13, 1932MentionedLetter to H. P. Lovecraft, August 9, 1932Mentioned