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Timurid Conquests

1370–1405 Central Asia / Middle East / India Status: ended Casualties: ~17 million

Timur (Tamerlane) built a vast empire through extreme brutality. Sacked Delhi (1398), Baghdad, Damascus, and defeated the Ottomans at Ankara (1402). Pyramids of skulls became symbols of his campaigns.

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Belligerents

  • Timurid Empire (Timur/Tamerlane)
  • Delhi Sultanate
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Mamluk Sultanate

Casualties

~17 million

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.