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"Arabshah wrote that the residents of Zaranj sued for peace, which Temur granted on condition they surrender all their weapons. ‘And as soon as they had given this guarantee, he drew the sword against them and billeted upon them all the armies of death. Then he laid the city waste, leaving in it not a tree or a wall and destroyed it utterly, no mark or trace of it remaining.’"
Timur was a good guy tho :^)
— Jan 20, 2021 05:22AM
Timur was a good guy tho :^)
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Alex
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Really unsure of how to rate this, whether three stars or just two.
— Feb 01, 2021 11:14AM
Alex
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"All the evidence available indicates that Temur was an early and forceful proponent of free trade."
Which would explain his effectiveness.
— Feb 01, 2021 03:18AM
Which would explain his effectiveness.
Alex
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Marozzi argues effectively that the story of Bayazid beinh carried to Timur in a cage is a myth. Only Arabshah seems to mention it, but even in his account, the word for cage might as well mean litter, and Bayazid being carried in a litter after battle makes sense.
— Feb 01, 2021 03:01AM
Alex
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"Such piety was nowhere in evidence in this latest correspondence, in which, against all Muslim customs, Bayazid deliberately referred to the Tatar’s wives in the most offensive fashion."
Judging his piety from one remark to the wifes of a childmurdering tyrant is hardly fair.
— Feb 01, 2021 02:34AM
Judging his piety from one remark to the wifes of a childmurdering tyrant is hardly fair.
Alex
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Timur protected Islam so hard he broke the Umayyad Mosque. Or maybe he was just an opportunistic hypocrite?
— Jan 31, 2021 11:36PM
Alex
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The encounter between Ibn Khaldun and Timur is one of the highpoints of this book.
On another note, if Timurs forces were attacked in so many cities that surrendered, maybe they did something to deserve it? I can even imagine Timur instigating troubles to get more plunder. In other words, Damascus was an inside job. Maybe. Not saying it was but it makes you think.
— Jan 31, 2021 11:29PM
On another note, if Timurs forces were attacked in so many cities that surrendered, maybe they did something to deserve it? I can even imagine Timur instigating troubles to get more plunder. In other words, Damascus was an inside job. Maybe. Not saying it was but it makes you think.
Alex
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Again, I am not sure if what he says of Clavijos inner feelings (going as far as to despair that Christendom has no Samarkand and no Timur to offer) is taken from the sources in some way or just made up
— Jan 25, 2021 07:03AM
