Over the next few years Timur survived as a bandit and a mercenary, and it was probably during this period that he suffered the wounds that caused his famous lameness (possible origin of the name Tamerlane). Eventually the two men were able to force the Moghuls out of Mawarannahr, but only for a short time. In 1365 Ilyas Khoja returned at the head of an army, defeating Timur and Husayn at the battle of Tashkent.