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The Sufi Sheikh Who Crowned Tamerlane
Before Tamerlane was the Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction, he was a minor Barlas chieftain in Transoxiana, nursing a wound from a sheep rustling incident and dreaming of power. This episode explores the unlikely partnership between the future conqueror and Sayyid Baraka, a Sufi sheikh from the Yasavi order. Baraka's blessing in 1370, given on the outskirts of Balkh, transformed Tamerlane from a bandit into a leader with divine mandate. We trace how Baraka legitimized Tamerlane's coup against his former ally Amir Husayn, how his prayers were invoked before every major campaign, and…
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