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Tamerlane's Captive Scientists: The Knowledge Heist That Built Samarkand
When Tamerlane conquered Damascus, Aleppo, and Baghdad, he didn't just take gold and slaves—he took their brightest minds. This is the story of how the conqueror forcibly relocated astronomers, mathematicians, and engineers to Samarkand, creating an intellectual powerhouse that would later produce Ulugh Beg's observatory. We follow the kidnapping of the Damascene astronomer Jamal al-Din, the forced migration of Persian calligraphers, and the construction of Samarkand's first madrasas. Along the way, we examine how Tamerlane's patronage of learning was both genuine—he had…
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