Timur ordered that every soldier should return with at least two severed human heads to show him. [53] He ordered heavy taxation of the people, which was collected by Adil Aqa, who was also given control over Soltaniyeh. Timur's short-lived empire also melded the Turko-Persian tradition in Transoxiana, and in most of the territories that he incorporated into his fiefdom, Persian became the primary language of administration and literary culture (diwan), regardless of ethnicity. [42] This is shown by Timur returning to his birthplace following the death of his father in 1360, suggesting concern over his estate. Timur counted overall 69 attempts and finally, on the 70th try, the little ant succeeded and made her way into the nest with a precious prize. [49], Orthodox tradition states that later, in 1395 Timur, having reached the frontier of Principality of Ryazan, had taken Elets and started advancing towards Moscow. Green Mosque (Balkh) is a Timurid mosque that inspired Shah Jahan. But your rodomontades (braggadocio) are not extraordinary; for a Turcoman never spake with judgement. Timur then loaded his camels with as much wood and hay as they could carry. At a young age, he and the members of his family were kidnapped by a rogue band of Mongol raiders and carried off to Samarkand. [76] The city's inhabitants were massacred, except for the artisans, who were deported to Samarkand. This is supported by the fact that besides Iran, Timur simply plundered the states he invaded with a purpose of enriching his native Samarqand and neglected the conquered areas, which may have resulted in a relatively quick disintegration of his Empire after his death. Conquests in the south and south-West encompassed almost every province in Persia, including Baghdad, Karbala and Northern Iraq. Both rulers insulted each other in their own way while Timur preferred to undermine Bayezid's position as a ruler and play down the significance of his military successes. As an undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history. We do know this: … Shortly after Georgia was devastated so that the Golden Horde could not use it to threaten northern Iran. While Central Asia blossomed under his reign, other places, such as Baghdad, Damascus, Delhi and other Arab, Georgian, Persian, and Indian cities were sacked and destroyed and their populations massacred. In 1383, Timur started his lengthy military conquest of Persia, though he already ruled over much of Persian Khorasan by 1381, after Khwaja Mas'ud, of the Sarbadar dynasty surrendered. [83], While Timur was still in Anatolia, Qara Yusuf assaulted Baghdad and captured it in 1402. The loud, charismatic, and somewhat obnoxious cousin of Dr. Idris Bashiri, Timur Bashiri is an ambiguous character, since he’s seen entirely through the eyes of his cousin.Idris deeply dislikes Timur, so it’s not clear if Timur is, as Idris insists, actually a showy, insincere braggart or not. After Mehmed established himself in Rum, Timur had already begun preparations for his return to Central Asia, and took no further steps to interfere with the status quo in Anatolia. The Sharif of the Hijaz suffers due to the divisive sectarian schisms of his faith, And lo! [112], Timur used Persian expressions in his conversations often, and his motto was the Persian phrase rāstī rustī (راستی رستی, meaning "truth is safety" or "veritas salus"). Virani, Shafique N. The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation (New York: Oxford University Press), 2007, p. 116. Of the surviving population, more than 60,000 of the local people were captured as slaves, and many districts were depopulated. When the war elephants charged, Timur set the hay on fire and prodded the camels with iron sticks, causing them to charge at the elephants, howling in pain: Timur had understood that elephants were easily panicked. Soviet studies in history 12.3 (1973): 37–70. Later, Timur sent to the court of the Kingdom of León and Castile a Chagatai ambassador named Hajji Muhammad al-Qazi with letters and gifts. ; Jackson, P.; Lockhart, L.; Boyle, J.A. [33] In addition to this, the father of the great Amir Hamid Kereyid of Moghulistan is stated as a friend of Taraghai's. Great Prince Vasily I of Moscow went with an army to Kolomna and halted at the banks of the Oka River. Timur was born at Kesh, a city located roughly 50 miles south of Samarkand, on 9 April 1336. With the capture of Herat the Kartid kingdom surrendered and became vassals of Timur; it would later be annexed outright less than a decade later in 1389 by Timur's son Miran Shah. "[It is said] that his father, the above-mentioned Taragai, was among the magnates of the Sultan's court. Timur cited the killing of Hasan ibn Ali by the Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I and the killing of Husayn ibn Ali by Yazid I as the reason for his massacre of the inhabitants of Damascus. Timur preferred to fight his battles in the spring. [69][70] But the Sultanate at Delhi did nothing to stop his advance. He went near the city of Soltaniyeh, which he had previously captured but instead turned north and captured Tabriz with little resistance, along with Maragha. Timur became a relatively popular figure in Europe for centuries after his death, mainly because of his victory over the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid. Before the battle for Delhi, Timur executed 100,000 captives. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Timur census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more. Undeterred, Timur's soldiers flooded the tunnels by cutting into a channel overhead. Journal of the Central Asian Society 2.1 (1915): 17–33. After the battle Tokhtamysh and some of his army were allowed to escape. I would give the cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. In the second phase of the conflict, Timur took a different route against the enemy by invading the realm of Tokhtamysh via the Caucasus region. He suffered illness while encamped on the farther side of the Syr Daria and died at Farab on 17 February 1405,[89] before ever reaching the Chinese border. Ibn Arabshah, Timur the Great Amir, p. 168, Rhoads Murphey, Exploring Ottoman Sovereignty: Tradition, Image and Practice in the Ottoman Imperial Household 1400-1800; published by Continium, 2008; page-58. [citation needed], The Malfuzat-i Timurī and the appended Tuzūk-i Tīmūrī, supposedly Timur's own autobiography, are almost certainly 17th-century fabrications. Timur's injuries have given him the names of Timur the Lame and Tamerlane by Europeans.[9]:31. [18] Scholars estimate that his military campaigns caused the deaths of 17 million people, amounting to about 5% of the world population at the time. In the end, Persia was split amongst the Muzaffarids, Kartids, Eretnids, Chobanids, Injuids, Jalayirids, and Sarbadars. Timur’s father’s name was Taraqai, a minor chieftain of the Barlas tribe. Timur returned to Persia and sent his grandson Abu Bakr ibn Miran Shah to reconquer Baghdad, which he proceeded to do. The garrison of Bhatner then fought and were slaughtered to the last man. Timur’s name means iron in the Chagatai language of Transoxiana (modern Uzbekistan), the harsh steppe land of his birth in 1336. When Herat did not surrender he reduced the city to rubble and massacred most of its citizens; it remained in ruins until Shah Rukh ordered its reconstruction. From that base, he led military campaigns across Western, South and Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Southern Russia, and emerged as the most powerful ruler in the Muslim world after defeating the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria, the emerging Ottoman Empire, and the declining Delhi Sultanate of India. Sykes, P. M. His father, Taraqai, was a minor noble belonging to the Barlas tribe. [35] His name Temur means "Iron" in the Chagatai language, his mother-tongue (cf. As a result, even as a young man, Timur saw hi… His mother was a concubine, Mengli Khatun, daughter of Hayut of the Jauni Qurban tribe.. The suzerain-vassal relationship between Ming empire and Timurid existed for a long time. History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period By Henry Miers Elliot pg.489-493. Turco-Mongol military leader and conqueror, founder of the Timurid Empire, "Tamerlane" and "Tamerlan" redirect here. The name Timur Lenk signified Timur the Lame, a title of contempt used by his Persian enemies, which became Tamburlaine, or Tamerlane, in Europe. This is the excerpt from one of Timur's letters addressed to Ottoman sultan: "Believe me, you are but pismire ant: don't seek to fight the elephants for they'll crush you under their feet. In essence the Khanate was finished and the Timurid Empire was firmly established. Amir امیر Timur Lang تیمور لنگ: Timur Beg Gurkani At about this time, his father died and Timur also became chief of the Berlas. Therefore, Timur set up a puppet Chaghatay Khan, Suyurghatmish, as the nominal ruler of Balkh as he pretended to act as a "protector of the member of a Chinggisid line, that of Genghis Khan's eldest son, Jochi". Many new parents bestow a new baby with his father's name as a middle name to honor his heritage and family. [30] The Mu'izz al-Ansab, written decades later, say that she was related to the Yasa'uri tribe, whose lands bordered that of the Barlas. In his lifetime, his enemies tauntit him wi this name, tae Timur's discomfort. Acoording to vedic astrology , Rashi for the name Timur is Simha or Sinh and Moon sign associated with the name Timur is Leo.. Was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan through his mother and was descendant of Timur through his father. He was pulled away before reaching the Oka River by Tokhtamysh's renewed campaign in the south.[65]. In December 1404, Timur began military campaigns against Ming China and detained a Ming envoy. 'tiger'; 14 February 1483 – 26 December 1530), born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire and first Emperor of the Mughal dynasty (r. 1526–1530) in the Indian subcontinent.He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. The father of three is looking to take the next steps in the career that he feels defines him -- "I am fashion and it is me. It was only when he was on his own death-bed that he appointed Muhammad Sultan's younger brother, Pir Muhammad as his successor. Timur or Tamerlane (8 April 1336 – 17 February 1405) was a Turk conqueror in the 14th century who is regarded as one of history's greatest military leaders and strategists. His conquests to the west and northwest led him to the lands near the Caspian Sea and to the banks of the Ural and the Volga. The first of the new Ming dynasty's emperors, the Hongwu Emperor, and his son, the Yongle Emperor, produced tributary states of many Central Asian countries. It is also said that when Gerasimov exhumed the body, an additional inscription inside the casket was found, which read, "Whomsoever [sic] opens my tomb shall unleash an invader more terrible than I. "[17] To legitimize his conquests, Timur relied on Islamic symbols and language, referred to himself as the "Sword of Islam". When he returned, he found his generals had done well in protecting the cities and lands he had conquered in Persia. [134] In any case, three days after Gerasimov began the exhumation, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the largest military invasion of all time, upon the Soviet Union. His monument in Tashkent now occupies the place where Karl Marx's statue once stood. Timur Shah Durrani, (Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Arabic: تیمور شاہ درانی ; 1748 – May 18, 1793) was the second ruler of the Durrani Empire, from 4 June 1772 until his death in 1793. According to Beatrice Forbes Manz, "in his formal correspondence Temur continued throughout his life to portray himself as the restorer of Chinggisid rights. His name Temur means "Iron" in the Chagatai language, his mother-tongue (cf. For other uses, see Shah Rukh (disambiguation). He was a patron of educational and religious institutions. When he arrived with his army at Isfahan in 1387, the city immediately surrendered; he treated it with relative mercy as he normally did with cities that surrendered (unlike Herat). Uzbek Temir, Turkish Demir). Timur himself denied any descent from Genghis Khan, and the genealogy carved into his tombstone at Samarkand supports the official story: while it indicates that Timur and Genghis shared a common ancestor in the legendary hero Buzanchar, son of the virgin Alan-Goa and a moonbeam, it does not directly link Timur to the Golden Family of Temujin. [96], Pir Muhammad was unable to gain sufficient support from his relatives and a bitter civil war erupted amongst Timur's descendants, with multiple princes pursuing their claims. Shterenshis, Michael V. "Approach to Tamerlane: Tradition and Innovation." Miran Shah was born in 1366, the third of Timur's four sons. [15] Timur envisioned the restoration of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan (died 1227) and according to Gérard Chaliand, saw himself as Genghis Khan's heir.[16]. Timur is known in his local variety of Turkish as Timur i Leng, meaning Timur the Lame. Family. As Timur claimed sovereignty over the Turkoman rulers, they took refuge behind him. Humayun: 1508: 1530–1540: 1556: Reign interrupted by Sur Empire. YÜKSEL, Musa Şamil. This was the second military expedition that he led, and its success led to further operations, among them the subjugation of Khwarezm and Urgench. [63] In the same year, Timur caught Baghdad by surprise in August by marching there in only eight days from Shiraz. Various Persian soorces uise a biname, Tīmūr-e Lang (تیمور لنگ) whilk translates tae "Timur the Lame", as he wis lame efter sustainin an injury tae his fit in battle. Timur was born in Transoxiana near the city of Kesh (modern Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan), some 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Samarkand, part of what was then the Chagatai Khanate. Zezenkova. Mother Name. [129] At 5 feet 8 inches (173 centimeters), Timur was tall for his era. Titular name Personal name Reign Timur ruled over the Chagatai Khanate with Soyurghatmïsh Khan as nominal Khan followed by Sultan Mahmud Khan. Like many famous people and celebrities, Timur Acar keeps his personal life private. It was sent back to Samarqand, and Nader's son recovered, though the Shah himself was assassinated just a few years later.[137]. Timur Tahirovich Batrutdinov attended Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, Russia. [9] Timur was a learned king, and enjoyed the company of scholars; he was tolerant and generous to them. Timur was born into a tribe of mixed Turco-Mongol makeup in 1336 in today’s Uzbekistan (then known as “Transoxiana” in the West). Fondly called Slamet by his friends, this 58 year-old man have been a lot of awkward and funny situation due to his name. Timur’s father was a minor noble in his tribe of Mongols, who had largely adopted the ways of the Turkish tribes of the steppes, though his son grew up surrounded by Islamic and Persian influences. In 1380, prior to his conquest of Khorasan, Timur pre-emptively named Miran Shah (at this point fourteen years old) governor of the region. The name Timur means 'Iron' in old Turkic languages like Uzbek Temir, Turkish Demir. [57] An eye-witness counted more than 28 towers constructed of about 1,500 heads each. Timur was born on April 8, 1336, near the city of Kesh (now called Shahrisabz), about 50 miles south of the oasis of Samarkand, in Transoxiana. Timur was sent to negotiate with the invader but joined with him instead and was rewarded with Transoxania. [66] The Persian historian Khwandamir explains that an Ismaili presence was growing more politically powerful in Persian Iraq. Manz suspects the 1336 date was designed to tie Timur to the legacy of Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, the last ruler of the Ilkhanate descended from Hulagu Khan, who died in that year. Nicholas V. Raisanovsky; Mark D. Steinberg: sfn error: no target: CITEREFMelville2020 (. As was the Mughal practice, Jahangir engraved his name on the ruby, along with that of his father, Akbar. Nader Shah's son fell ill almost immediately after the jade arrived to Persian capital, and things started to go wrong to such an extent that Nader's advisors begged him to return it to the tomb. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1847. 56–57. Early life. Due to the distance between Yemen and Timur's base in Transoxiana and the lack of any other evidence of the originals, most historians consider the story highly implausible, and suspect Hosayni of inventing both the text and its origin story.[122]. [69], While on his march towards Delhi, Timur was opposed by the Jat peasantry, who would loot caravans and then disappear in the forests, Timur had 2,000 Jats killed and many taken captive. [9]:267 As his Tatar forces were afraid of the elephants, Timur ordered his men to dig a trench in front of their positions. The clergy brought the famed Theotokos of Vladimir icon from Vladimir to Moscow. His mother was a concubine, Mengli Khatun, daughter of Hayut of the Jauni Qurban tribe. Timur was born in Transoxiana near the city of Kesh (modern Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan), some 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Samarkand, part of what was then the Chagatai Khanate. [107] According to John Joseph Saunders, Timur was "the product of an Islamized and Iranized society", and not steppe nomadic. It was then that Tokhtamysh's army was boxed in against the east bank of the Volga River in the Orenburg region and destroyed at the Battle of the Kondurcha River, in 1391. Timur was born in Transoxiana, near the City of Kesh (an area now better known as Shahrisabz, "the green city"), some fifty miles south of Samarkand in modern day Uzbekistan, part of the Chagatai Khanate. Gerasimov reconstructed the likeness of Timur from his skull and found that his facial characteristics displayed "typical Mongoloid features" ( the correct modern classification term being changed to East Asian ). [11] From these conquests, he founded the Timurid Empire, but this empire fragmented shortly after his death. It is reported that the King was pleased by the witty answer and the poet departed with magnificent gifts. This is a simplified family tree of the Timurid dynasty.The Timurid dynasty was a ruling house descended from the Central Asian conqueror Timur, who founded the Timurid Empire in 1370. "Timur’un Yükselişi ve Batı’nın Diplomatik Cevabı, 1390–1405." [116], In addition, Byzantine John VII Palaiologos who was a regent during his uncle's absence in the West, sent a Dominican friar in August 1401 to Timur, to pay his respect and propose paying tribute to him instead of the Turks, once he managed to defeat them.[74]. Timur began his Persian campaign with Herat, capital of the Kartid dynasty. The name Timur Lenk signified Timur the Lame, a title of contempt used by his Persian enemies, which became Tamburlaine, or Tamerlane, in Europe. Cowell, Professor (first name not given). that young Tatar (Timur) has boldly re-envisioned magnanimous victories of overwhelming conquest. He was a member of the Barlas, a Mongolian tribe that had been turkified in many aspects. Taimur was born in 1336 A.D (Chagatai region) to Amir Taraghay (father) & Tekina Khatun (mother) in a Persian city, now known as Shahrisabz and is situated in modern-day Uzbekistan. A mass beheading was carried out in Smyrna by Timur's soldiers. We will continue to update information on Timur Bekmambetov’s parents. His rise to power moved many leaders, such as Henry III of Castile, to send embassies to Samarkand to scout out Timur, learn about his people, make alliances with him, and try to convince him to convert to Christianity in order to avoid war. Following Qazaghan's murder, disputes arose among the many claimants to sovereign power. In 1394, Hongwu's ambassadors eventually presented Timur with a letter addressing him as a subject. Those two kings also praised him because his victory at Ankara allowed Christian merchants to remain in the Middle East and allowed for their safe return home to both France and England. William Jones remarked that the former presented Timur as a "liberal, benevolent and illustrious prince" while the latter painted him as "deformed and impious, of a low birth and detestable principles". [32] Ibn Arabshah suggested that she was a descendant of Genghis Khan. Uzbek Temir, Turkish Demir). Timur's armies were inclusively multi-ethnic and were feared throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe,[9] sizable parts of which his campaigns laid to waste. [16] He took part in campaigns in Transoxiana with the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate. Timur died on 18 February, 1405 at Otrar in Kazakhstan and is buried at Gur-e Amir in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. [124]:341, When Timur captured the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid at Ankara, he was often praised and seen as a trusted ally by European rulers, such as Charles VI of France and Henry IV of England, because they believed he was saving Christianity from the Turkish Empire in the Middle East. Taking advantage of his Turco-Mongolian heritage, Timur frequently used either the Islamic religion or the sharia law, fiqh, and traditions of the Mongol Empire to achieve his military goals or domestic political aims. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2008. He also gives important details on the then incumbent Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. [9]:91 By the end of his reign, Timur had gained complete control over all the remnants of the Chagatai Khanate, the Ilkhanate, and the Golden Horde, and even attempted to restore the Yuan dynasty in China. [79][80][81][82], With the Treaty of Gallipoli in February 1402, Timur was furious with the Genoese and Venetians, as their ships ferried the Ottoman army to safety in Thrace. He then rode west about 1,000 miles advancing in a front more than 10 miles wide. Timur Batrutdinov’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. Sultan Ahmad Jalayir fled to Syria, where the Mamluk Sultan Barquq protected him and killed Timur's envoys. [M. Petis de la Croix] tells us, that there are calumnies and impostures, which have been published by authors of romances, and Turkish writers who were his enemies, and envious at his glory: among whom is Ahmed Bin Arabschah ... As Timur-Bec had conquered the Turks and Arabians of Syria, and had even taken the Sultan Bajazet prisoner, it is no wonder that he has been misrepresented by the historians of those nations, who, in despite of truth, and against the dignity of history, have fallen into great excesses on this subject. Dewi. He was a member of the Barlas, a Mongolian tribe that had been turkified in many aspects. Cazaux, Jean-Louis and Knowlton, Rick (2017). "Tamerlane." [55] Though many rebelled, and his son Miran Shah, who may have been regent, was forced to annex rebellious vassal dynasties, his holdings remained. [36] He was a member of the Barlas, a Mongolian tribe[37][38] that had been turkified in many aspects. A wound in Timur's right leg left him lame for the rest of his life. Timur's army burned Ryazan and advanced on Moscow. Fisher, W.B. After his accession, he quarreled with Timur over the possession of Khwarizm and Azerbaijan. Born into the Barlas confederation in Transoxiana (in modern-day Uzbekistan) on 9 April 1336, Timur gained control of the western Chagatai Khanate by 1370. [51] Timur then sent a General to capture rebellious Kandahar. x Jember Jawa Timur, Indonesia. Like Timur, Nader Shah conquered most of Caucasia, Persia, and Central Asia along with also sacking Delhi. According to the Mongol traditions, Timur could not claim the title of khan or rule the Mongol Empire because he was not a descendant of Genghis Khan. Timur has embarrassed him. So he proceeded to capture the rest of Persia, specifically the two major southern cities of Isfahan and Shiraz. Search US census records for Timur. After crossing the Indus River on 30 September 1398, he sacked Tulamba and massacred its inhabitants. Timur is regarded as a military genius and as a brilliant tactician with an uncanny ability to work within a highly fluid political structure to win and maintain a loyal following of nomads during his rule in Central Asia. Khorasan revolted one year later, so Timur destroyed Isfizar, and the prisoners were cemented into the walls alive. Bayezid began annexing the territory of Turkmen and Muslim rulers in Anatolia. After having been a refugee in Timur's court, Tokhtamysh became ruler both of the eastern Kipchak and the Golden Horde. He converted nearly all the Borjigin leaders to Islam during his lifetime. "Timur (Tamerlane) and the Timurid Empire in Central Asia." Timur's invasion and destruction of Delhi continued the chaos that was still consuming India, and the city would not be able to recover from the great loss it suffered for almost a century.[9]:269–274. Delhi was sacked and left in ruins. [111], There is a shared view that Timur's real motive for his campaigns was his imperialistic ambition. Marlowe, Christopher: Tamburlaine the Great. Early life. Sultan Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq and the army of Mallu Iqbal[72] had war elephants armored with chain mail and poison on their tusks. Also during this period, Timur and his brother-in-law Amir Husayn, who were at first fellow fugitives and wanderers, became rivals and antagonists. Timur spent the next 35 years in various wars and expeditions. [60][61][62] In 1393, Shiraz was captured after surrendering, and the Muzaffarids became vassals of Timur, though prince Shah Mansur rebelled but was defeated, and the Muzafarids were annexed. A literary form of Chagatai Turkic came into use alongside Persian as both a cultural and an official language. "3 The true facts of his ancestry are also obscure, thanks to the inevitable multiplication of myths and legends that surround such men. The young Timur never stayed in one place for all that long, as his clan would repeatedly uproot themselves (and their livestock) to find the best grazing pastures whenever the seasons changed. He laid siege to Soltaniyeh in 1384. Like many famous people and celebrities, Timur Batrutdinov keeps his personal life private. He founded the Timurid Empire in 1370. [24] Tumanay's great-great grandson Qarachar Noyan was a minister for the emperor who later assisted the latter's son Chagatai in the governorship of Transoxiana. Though there are not many mentions of Qarachar in 13th and 14th century records, later Timurid sources greatly emphasised his role in the early history of the Mongol Empire. [9], Timur's Turco-Mongolian heritage provided opportunities and challenges as he sought to rule the Mongol Empire and the Muslim world. [33] The 18th century Books of Timur identify her as the daughter of 'Sadr al-Sharia', which is believed to be referring to the Hanafi scholar Ubayd Allah al-Mahbubi of Bukhara. In 1400, Timur invaded Armenia and Georgia. [87], Timur eventually planned to invade China. The next year the kingdom of Sistan, under the Mihrabanid dynasty, was ravaged, and its capital at Zaranj was destroyed. [28] Through his alleged descent from this marriage, Timur claimed kinship with the Chagatai Khans. The Ottoman armies were at the time invading Eastern Europe and Timur was ironically seen as an ally. 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