Siege of Damascus (1400)
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The siege of Damascus was a major event in 1400–01 during the war between the Timurid Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate.
Siege of Damascus (detail). Timur watches the flames as the city burns. Ẓafarnāmah, 16th century, Shiraz (British Library, IO Islamic 137)
Timur defeating the Mamluk Sultan Nasir-ad-Din Faraj
Timur
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Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror, first ruler of the Timurid dynasty, and the founder of the Timurid Empire, which ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia
Siege of Damascus (1400)
…as the Sack of Damascus and the Capture of Damascus) was a major event in 1400–01 during the war between the Timurid Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate. Timur was one of the most powerful Central Asian rulers since Genghis Khan. By long and relentless fighting, he sought to rebuild the Mongol Empire of his…
Facial reconstruction from Timur's skull, by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Original location of Timur's Mongol Barlas tribe
Earliest known portrait of Timur, commissioned right after his death in 1405–1409, by his grandson Khalil Sultan for an illustrated Timurid genealogy (TSMK, H2152).
Timur on horse in a battle with Tokhtamysh, Khan of the Golden Horde. 1420–1440 manuscript (partially colored), possibly Herat. Topkapi H.2153