Victories and Battles of the Late Middle Ages: The Military secrets of ancient times by Gabriel W. Thurston

Author:Gabriel W. Thurston [Thurston, Gabriel W.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

Tamerlane's Indian campaign in 1398

Tamerlane returned to Samarkand in 1396 and turned his gaze to India. Outwardly, there was no particular reason for the invasion of India. Samarkand was safe. Tamerlane had many worries and was already elderly people (especially by the standards of that time). However, the Iron Lame went off to fight again. And India was his target.

The need to punish the "infidels" was officially declared - the sultans of Delhi showed too much tolerance towards their subjects - "pagans". It is possible that Timur was pushed by ambition and the desire to fight for the sake of the war itself. However, in this case, it would be more appropriate to send the swords of the Iron Army to the West, where the work started earlier remained unfinished, and the situation became more and more complicated. Knowingly returning from India in 1399, Timur immediately began a "seven-year" campaign to Iran. Or Khromets just wanted to plunder a rich country. And the spies reported on the internal difficulties of Delhi, which should have made the campaign successful.

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