A History of Agriculture in India v2.c63.s1.8

v2.c63.s1.8

After his conquest of northern India, Timur conquered Iran and Syria. At Isfahan he massacred the entire population. He defeated Bayezid, Sultan of Turkey, at Angora in A.D. 1402. Tamerlane failed to take advantage of his victory. His empire was too loose and too far-flung, too much the product of marauding successes, to have any permanence. It began to disintegrate almost as soon as it was formed. Only in northern India it survived as a compact state. From Asia Minor, the Mongols soon disappeared, leaving the Turks in control.