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Tamerlane's Captive Indian Musicians and the Samarkand Sound
Episode 174 of Fexingo History shifts focus from Tamerlane's captive artisans and intellectuals to his captive Indian musicians. When Timur sacked Delhi in 1398, he didn't just carry off elephants and stone carvers—he also took court musicians, including the legendary singer and scholar Khwaja Abd al-Qadir al-Maraghi (though he was from Maragha, not India). But a key figure from Delhi was the vocalist Muhammad Sistani, whose Persian and Hindustani styles fused in Samarkand. Lucas and Luna explore how Timur's court became a crucible for Indo-Persian musical fusion, the role of…
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