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Timur's Lost Son: The Death of Muhammad Sultan
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the pivotal moment in 1403 that shattered Timur’s world: the sudden death of his beloved grandson and heir apparent, Muhammad Sultan. While earlier episodes have covered Timur’s military campaigns and political legitimacy, we focus on the personal devastation that followed. Lucas details the journey from Samarkand to Sindh, where Muhammad Sultan succumbed to illness, leaving Timur grief-stricken and the empire in precarious succession limbo. We examine the primary accounts from Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi and Ruy González de Clavijo, contrasting the…
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