Timur

: For the chess engine Tamerlane, see Tamerlane.

India

In 1398, when Timur was more than sixty years of age, Farishta tells us that, "informed of the commotions and civil wars of India," he "began his expedition into that country," and on the September 12, 1398 "arrived on the banks of the Indus."

Related Topics:
1398 - September 12 - Indus

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His passage of the river and upward march along the left bank, the reinforcement he provided for his grandson Pir Muhammad (who was invested in Multan), the capture of towns or villages accompanied, it might be, with destruction of the houses and the massacre of the inhabitants, the battle before Delhi and the easy victory, the triumphal entry into the doomed city, with its outcome of horrors—all these circumstances belong to the annals of India. It is said that the devastation of Delhi was not Timur's intent, but that his men could simply not be controlled after arriving inside the city gates.

Related Topics:
Pir Muhammad - Multan - Massacre - Delhi - India

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(external link below for a read of Timur's invasion of India from his memoirs-MULFUZAT-E-TIMUR)

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