Amir Timur

The City of Isfahan Surrendered to the Turk-Mongol Conqueror Timur. The Citizens Then Killed Timur’s Tax Collector, and He Ordered the Massacre of Over 100,000 People and Built Piles Out of Their Heads as Revenge.

Timur, also known as Amir Timur or Tamerlane and later as Timur Gurkin, was a Turko-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia. He was also the Timurid dynasty’s first ruler. But did you know why Timur ordered the massacre of over 100,000 citizens of Isfahan? Isfahan immediately surrendered […]

The City of Isfahan Surrendered to the Turk-Mongol Conqueror Timur. The Citizens Then Killed Timur’s Tax Collector, and He Ordered the Massacre of Over 100,000 People and Built Piles Out of Their Heads as Revenge. Read More »