Timur's Genocide: The Delhi Massacre Explained

Tamerlane: The Conqueror Who Tried to Rebuild the Mongol Legacy — Fexingo History · Sep 5, 2026 · 9m · transcript

While earlier episodes explored Timur’s military genius, architectural ambitions, and diplomatic maneuvering, this episode confronts the darkest chapter of his career: the sack of Delhi in 1398. We move beyond the strategic necessity of breaking the Tughlaq dynasty to examine the sheer scale of the violence that followed. Lucas and Luna discuss the specific tactics used during the four-day massacre, the fate of Sultan Mahmud Shah Tughlaq, and the historical accounts from Ruy González de Clavijo and Ibn Arabshah that describe towers built from human heads. This is not a story of glory, but of…