May 1, 2011

Timur


Timur (1336-1405) founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty. He ruled 35 years from 1370. He is known as "Tamerlane". He was born in Turkic (Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan).  He was also a great-grandson of Babur, Founder of Mughal Dynasty.

While he captured the city of Aleppo, he told: "I am not a man of blood, and God is my witness that in all my wars I have never been the aggressor and that my enemies have always been the authors of their own calamity."

In 1398 he invaded Delhi, India. He faced 120 war elephants were the tasks put poison. He used fire sticks and place fire bag which tied with camel and they sent the camels towards the elephants to made panic. Then he captured the city and 100,000 captivities were prisoned.

In 1400 he invaded the Christians in Georgia and Armenia. He captured 60,000 local people as slaves and most of the people were relocated. In 1401 he captured Baghdad and he killed 20,000 people.


  

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