The Timurid era historian Hafiz-i Abru mentioned Ahmed Lur as a commander of Ahmad Jalayir, the Jalayirid ruler of Iraq.
As a result, Ahmed Lur decided to go to Shirvan and finally he settled in Herat, the Timurid dynasty's capital city.
[1] Sheykh Fazlallah Astarabadi, the founder of the Hurufism sect was killed by Miran Shah, son of Timur in 1393.
[1][3] While he wearing a shepherd's coat, Ahmed attacked Shahrukh Mirza, the brother of Miran Shah on the pretext of delivering a letter of complaint in Herats main mosque.
These persecutions eventually reached the point where the famous Persian poet, Qasem-e Anvar was exiled to Samarqand due to his diwan being found in Ahmed Lur's booth.