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Tamerlane vs the Golden Horde: The Steppe Civil War
In the 1380s and 1390s, Tamerlane fought a decade-long war against his former ally Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde. This episode dives into the steppe civil war that pitted two Mongol successor states against each other, from the battle of Kunduzcha in 1391 to the devastating campaign of 1395–96 that destroyed Sarai Berke and broke the Horde's power. We explore how Tamerlane used his Chagatai army's mobility and discipline to defeat Tokhtamysh's larger forces, the political intrigue behind Tokhtamysh's rise as a Chinggisid puppet of Tamerlane, and how the war reshaped…
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