Medieval Central Asia

Tamerlane Dragged a Librarian to Samarkand in Chains

When Tamerlane sacked Delhi in 1398, one captive carried something worth more than gold out of the burning city, and nobody noticed.

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Medieval Central AsiaTimurid EmpireLibraries and ManuscriptsIntellectual HistoryConquest and PreservationIndiaSamarkand

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