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Timur's Persian Prisoners and the Art of Terror
We often hear about Timur’s military genius, but rarely do we examine the specific architecture of his cruelty as a political tool. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Timur used mass executions not just as punishment, but as public theater designed to shatter the will of future enemies before a single arrow was loosed. We look at the siege of Isfahan in 1387, where the Sufi poet Hafiz allegedly intervened to save the city, and contrast it with the brutal reality of Delhi in 1398. Through the accounts of chroniclers like Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi and Ruy González de Clavijo, we uncover…
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