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Tamerlane's Chagatai Language and Literary Legacy
In this milestone 50th episode of Tamerlane: The Conqueror Who Tried to Rebuild the Mongol Legacy, hosts Lucas and Luna explore a rarely discussed facet of the conqueror's reign: his use of the Chagatai language. While Tamerlane's court was primarily Persianate in administration and high culture, the conqueror himself spoke a Turkic dialect that would later evolve into a literary language. Lucas delves into how Tamerlane's patronage of Chagatai poetry, particularly the works of the poet Mir Haydar and the enduring mysticism of Ahmad Yasawi, laid the groundwork for a distinct…
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