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Tamerlane vs Mamluk Sultanate The Damascus Campaign
In 1400, Tamerlane turned his gaze westward toward the Mamluk Sultanate, one of the great powers of the medieval Islamic world. This episode dives into the brutal siege of Damascus, where the conqueror faced not just stone walls but a city of immense cultural and religious significance. We explore the political calculations of Sultan Faraj, the role of the Abbasid caliph in Cairo, the fiery end of the Umayyad Mosque, and the controversial meeting between Tamerlane and the historian Ibn Khaldun. How did Tamerlane justify attacking a fellow Muslim ruler? Why did he spare some scholars while…
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