Note 405 — Chapter XXIV · Tīmūr, the Great Amīr
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According to the Zafar-Nāmé of Sheref ud-Dīn `Alī Yazdi, and other historians who follow him, Hāji Birlās was the uncle of Tīmūr. The Zafar-Nāmé of Nizām Shāmī, however, states that he was Tīmūr’s brother.