Tourists who fly to Mongolia’s capital may be surprised to find themselves landing at Genghis Khan International Airport. Certainly, Ulaanbaatar’s choice of name strikes a different note from Liverpool’s John Lennon or Tirana’s Mother Teresa. (Does the muzak in the arrivals hall play a song called Give War a Chance?)
Called also Tamerlane, from the Persian Timur Leng and the Arabic Tamarlang (both meaning Timur the Lame; see below). The Life of Timur node|Volume I: H.