And so many of the conquerors, especially the Muslim conquerors of Central Asia and Persia of this period are of a Turko-Mongol ethnicity. Even though there's no evidence of him being a direct descendant of Genghis Khan or Genghis Khan, he views himself as the successor. He wants to recreate the great Mongol Empire. By the time of Timur's death, the Timurid Empire encompasses much of Persia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. His legacy is a bloody one. As he expanded territory and took over cities, it was not uncommon for his soldiers to kill tens if not hundreds of thousands of civilians who revolted against Timur's rule. His forces famously attacked the Dali Sultanate, not hoping to conquer India, but to take its spoils.