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Tamerlane's War Council: The Kurultai That Shaped an Empire
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna dive into the kurultai — the war councils that Tamerlane wielded with as much skill as his armies. From the steppe traditions of Genghis Khan to the Timurid court in Samarkand, they explore how these gatherings were not just military planning sessions but theaters of loyalty, fear, and political theater. Lucas recounts the dramatic kurultai before the invasion of Delhi in 1398, where Tamerlane manipulated his amirs and scholars into endorsing the campaign, and the tense council before Ankara in 1402, where he outmaneuvered dissent. They…
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