I hold the Fates bound fast in iron chains, / And with my hand turn Fortune’s wheel about, / And sooner shall the sun fall from his sphere / Than Tamburlaine be slain or overcome. (Christopher Marlowe)

⚔️ #Tamerlane (Timur), Turco-Mongol conqueror, was #BOTD 8 April 1336.

History vs. Tamerlane the Conqueror - Stephanie Honchell Smith He was born in the 1330s in the Chaghatayid Khanate, formerly the Mongol Empire. On the steppe, he rose from a lowly sheep thief to become one of history’s greatest conquerors, uniting nearly all of Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran under his rule. But was he a great state builder or a bloodthirsty tyrant? Stephanie Honchell Smith puts this controversial figure on trial in History vs. Tamerlane.

History vs. #Tamerlane the Conqueror - Stephanie Honchell Smith || #CentralAsianHistory #Edutainment #HistoryFacts #WorldHistory bit.ly/4aL2NZ1

#OnThisDay in 1398, #Timūr Gurkānī captured #Delhi, defeating the sultan's elephants armored with chain mail & poison-tipped tusks with #camels loaded with hay set on fire. #Tamerlane destroyed the capital of the Delhi sultanate & killed over 100,000 Indians...

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overview, Jolfa City, dusty historical dam, quiet and free of its river. Adel Agha, the ruler of Tabriz who commissioned this structure, could have never imagined

november sunflowers still blossoming in the park

The dam ‘restored’ as the river no longer flows anyway. Water is piped in from afar.

Brutal #drought continues across West Asia.

Public parks abandoned fussy annuals for tough sunflowers & castors, which are still thriving. Unlike the builder of this dam - who was axed by #Tamerlane. 🌱🏺 #Iran

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AIACCT Poe's poem is inspired by the historical figure Timur, a 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror. This grounding in history, combined with Poe's exploration of the human psyche, creates a rich, layered narrative. #History #Tamerlane

"Tamerlano"

"Tamerlano"

#Timur was born #OnThisDay in 1370. #Tamerlane inspired #GeorgFriedrichHändel's #opera #Tamerlano, which premiered in London in 1724; here's the aria "Ciel e terra armi di sdegno," sung by Thomas Randle:
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I hold the Fates bound fast in iron chains, / And with my hand turn Fortune’s wheel about, / And sooner shall the sun fall from his sphere / Than Tamburlaine be slain or overcome. (Christopher Marlowe)

⚔️ #Tamerlane (Timur), Turko-Mongol conqueror, was #BOTD 9 April 1336.

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane My first personal encounter with the rarest book in American literature was memorable, even moving, for many reasons, but its physical appearance wasn’t one of them. If ever a book ought not to be …

lithub.com/in-search-of... #Tamerlane In the same issue, excellent article by the author of the Forgers Trilogy, @bradfordmorrow.bsky.social

Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, and Tamerlane, Sword of Islam Review of Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes that Shaped Civilization by Kenneth W. Harl

Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, and Tamerlane, Sword of Islam open.substack.com/pub/crawdadd...

#Genghis #Khan #Attila #Tamerlane #Islam #civilization #Huns #Alans #Mongols #nomads #steppe #Rome #Persia #China #war #warrior #China #India #Scythian #Sassanid #Parthian #Eurasia #Hungary

Timur's conquests

Timur's battle tactics

#OnThisDay in 1398, #Timūr Gurkānī captured #Delhi, defeating the sultan's elephants; #Tamerlane destroyed the capital of the Delhi sultanate & killed over 100,000 Indians; it was one of the bloodiest days in #history & a turning point in the history of #India...
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