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In this second half of Season 2's final episode, we discuss Timur's 4th Invasion of Chorasmia (Khwarazm), sack of Urgench, and the collapse of the Sufi Dynasty. Intro and outro music: "Fidayda" by Turku. Check them out at turkumusic.com. Cover art created by Quintus Cassius. See more at deviantart.com/quintuscassius. For more information about the Timur Podcast, head over to timurpodcast.com.
In this episode we follow Amir Timur on his Third Invasion of Chorasmia (Khwarezmia), how he deals with a new rebellion, and his Third (or Fourth) Invasion of Moghulistan. We also take a look into the city of Andijan and recent events that happened there. Intro and outro music: "Fidayda" by Turku. Check them out at turkumusic.com. Cover art created by Quintus Cassius. See more at deviantart.com/quintuscassius. For more information about the Timur Podcast, head over to timurpodcast.com.
This episode covers Timur's 2nd Invasion of Chorasmia (Khwarezm) as well as the wedding between his son Jahangir and Khanzada of the Sufi Dynasty. Intro and outro music: "Fidayda" by Turku. Check them out at turkumusic.com. Cover art created by Quintus Cassius. See more at deviantart.com/quintuscassius. For more information about the Timur Podcast, head over to timurpodcast.com.
This episode begins with a brief look at Egypt and the Aral Sea. Then we follow Timur as he begins his war with Chorasmia (Kwarazm). Check out the Warlords of History Podcast at warlordsofhistory.com. Intro and outro music: "Fidayda" by Turku. Check them out at turkumusic.com. Cover art created by Quintus Cassius. See more at deviantart.com/quintuscassius. For more information about the Timur Podcast, head over to timurpodcast.com.
“I am Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries containing all kinds of men, king in this great earth far and wide...By the favor of Ahura Mazda these are the countries which I seized outside of Persia; I ruled over them; they bore tribute to me; they did what was said to them by me; they held my law firmly; Media, Elam, Parthia, Aria, Bactria, Sogdia, Chorasmia, Drangiana, Arachosia, Sattagydia, Gandara, India, the haoma-drinking Scythians, the Scythians with pointed caps, Babylonia, Assyria, Arabia, Egypt, Armenia, Cappadocia, Lydia, the Greeks, the Scythians across the sea, Thrace, the sun hat-wearing Greeks, the Libyans, the Nubians, the men of Maka and the Carians.”
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his eleventh-century book the India.Born in around 973 in the central Asian region of Chorasmia, al-Biruni became an itinerant scholar of immense learning, a master of mathematics, medicine, astronomy and many languages. He corresponded with the age's greatest scientist, Avicenna, and made significant contributions to many fields of knowledge.In 1017 al-Biruni became a member of the court of the ruler Mahmud of Ghazna. Over the course of the next thirteen years he wrote the India, a comprehensive account of Hindu culture which was the first book about India by a Muslim scholar. It contains detailed information about Hindu religion, science and everyday life which have caused some to call it the first work of anthropology.With:James MontgomeryProfessor of Classical Arabic at the University of CambridgeHugh KennedyProfessor of Arabic in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of LondonAmira BennisonSenior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of CambridgeProducer: Thomas Morris.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his eleventh-century book the India.Born in around 973 in the central Asian region of Chorasmia, al-Biruni became an itinerant scholar of immense learning, a master of mathematics, medicine, astronomy and many languages. He corresponded with the age's greatest scientist, Avicenna, and made significant contributions to many fields of knowledge.In 1017 al-Biruni became a member of the court of the ruler Mahmud of Ghazna. Over the course of the next thirteen years he wrote the India, a comprehensive account of Hindu culture which was the first book about India by a Muslim scholar. It contains detailed information about Hindu religion, science and everyday life which have caused some to call it the first work of anthropology.With:James MontgomeryProfessor of Classical Arabic at the University of CambridgeHugh KennedyProfessor of Arabic in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of LondonAmira BennisonSenior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of CambridgeProducer: Thomas Morris.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his eleventh-century book the India.Born in around 973 in the central Asian region of Chorasmia, al-Biruni became an itinerant scholar of immense learning, a master of mathematics, medicine, astronomy and many languages. He corresponded with the age's greatest scientist, Avicenna, and made significant contributions to many fields of knowledge.In 1017 al-Biruni became a member of the court of the ruler Mahmud of Ghazna. Over the course of the next thirteen years he wrote the India, a comprehensive account of Hindu culture which was the first book about India by a Muslim scholar. It contains detailed information about Hindu religion, science and everyday life which have caused some to call it the first work of anthropology.With:James MontgomeryProfessor of Classical Arabic at the University of CambridgeHugh KennedyProfessor of Arabic in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of LondonAmira BennisonSenior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of CambridgeProducer: Thomas Morris.