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Tamerlane's Captive Sufi Mystics: The Samarkand Spiritual Crucible
When Tamerlane conquered a new city, he didn't just take gold and slaves—he uprooted entire spiritual communities and transplanted them to Samarkand. This episode explores his complex relationship with Sufi mystics: the poets, dervishes, and ascetic scholars he forcibly relocated from Shiraz, Tabriz, and Baghdad to his capital. Lucas and Luna focus on one striking figure: the Persian poet and Sufi master Kamal Khujandi, who was brought from Tabriz in 1393 and whose tomb still stands in Samarkand today. They examine how Timur used Sufi legitimacy to bolster his rule while also tightly…
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