Timur’s Terrifying Trip To Delhi

The Second Coming of Genghis Khan was all but a deliverance for India

For over three centuries, the Delhi Sultanate was one of the most powerful states in South Asia. It eventually encompassed nearly all of the lowlands of modern India and Pakistan. Its military was one of the few armies worldwide to keep the Mongols out.

But halfway through its existence, the sultanate was attacked by Tamerlane, also known as Timur. He was a warlord who styled himself the “second coming of Genghis Khan”. Timur invaded…