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Tamerlane's Captive Turkish Engineers: The Samarkand Siege Workshop
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known aspect of Tamerlane's empire-building: his systematic relocation of Turkish siege engineers to Samarkand. After the Battle of Ankara in 1402, where Tamerlane defeated the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, he brought back not just treasure but also skilled military engineers from the Ottoman realms. These engineers, experts in constructing trebuchets, battering rams, and early gunpowder weapons, were settled in a dedicated district of Samarkand and tasked with advancing Timurid siegecraft. Lucas explains how Tamerlane's siege train…
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