Twilight of the Sultanate c7.9

c7.9

For seven years Tīmūr faced privations after which he gradually recovered control of Transoxiana (1363-70). He ascended the throne on Wednesday, 9 April, 1370 (12 Ramzān, 771 H) which coincided with his thirty-fourth birthday.⁶ Henceforward during the forty years of continual warfare, he never suffered defeat and subjugated countries from the "Dardanelles to Delhi".⁷