Timur’s inscribed stone
Timur, Tamerlan (1336-1405) was a 14th-century conqueror of much of western and central Asia, and or Pirnazar founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty (1370-1405) in Central Asia, which survived until 1857 as the Mughal Empire of India.
His trek began at the end of 1391. His troops moved from Tashkent to the North and about three weeks later reached western Ulytau branches. Here Timur (Tamerlan) ordered to build a high stone pyramid with the text that he started a trek against Tokhtamysh Khan.
The text was coated on dark amphibolite stone. There are only eleven lines. Three of them were written in Arabian whereas the rest ones in Uyghur language.
The stone was located near a bulk stone structure with two large graves. There are a lot of scarified burnt stones.
The stone was found by academician K. Satpayev in 1935 and was transported to Hermitage in 1936. Its text was translated and published by professor I. Peppe and academician A. Margulan in 1940.
Nowadays the stone is kept at the State Hermitage (St. Petersburg).
Source: K. Akhmetov, 'Ulytau' Book; A. Seidimbekov, 'Kungi-kungir Kumbezder' Book.