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A variant of chess named for this ruler which included (15[1])giraffes was played (15[1])on a (15[1])10x11 (15[1])board. (15[1])This man’s tomb, which was dug up by archaeologists before (15[1])the Battle of Stalingrad, promised that "When [he will] rise from the dead, the world shall tremble.” The only time an Ottoman Sultan was captured in battle was during this man’s victory (15[1])at the Battle of Ankara against (*) Bayezid Thunderbolt. This ruler, who established his capital at Samarkand, claimed to be a descendent of Gengis Khan (-5[1])and notoriously built pyramids of skulls outside of sacked cities. For 10 points, name this Turco-Mongolic conqueror whose injured leg (10[1])gave him the epithet, the “lame”. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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