Timur

Timur, also known as Taimur, is best known for his achievements in completely invading different regions of India. He was called “Taimur Lang” because of the reason that he lost his one leg on the battlefield. He is generally known for invading certain parts of Central Asia and also dreamt of becoming one of the biggest conquerors of the world. Soon his dream became his passion, and he went on to invade a greater portion of India. Certain studies and journal articles claim that the main intention of Timur was not just limited to invading India but also to convert the religions of the Indian Public from Hinduism to Islamic. Timur’s invasions were one of the evilest invasions known to date. Moreover, Timur’s wrong psychology and mindless passions have led to several failures in his achievements that took more time to come back to normal positions.   

Overview of Timur

Timur, also known as Taimur or Taimur Lang, was one of the most powerful Mughal emperors who has reigned for almost 69 years of his life. His history of invading India is the most attractive story to hear. He is chiefly remembered for the barbarity of his conquests from Russia and India to the Mediterranean Sea. In the year 1398, Timur invaded India in order to reduce the excessive tolerance that the Muslim Indian Sultans have been showing in accordance with the Hindu Subjects. By the middle of 1399, Timur was back to his capital along with an immense quantity of spoils. Timur invaded India with not only a single intention but also another intention that states that Timur wanted to convert the religion of the public residing in India from Hinduism to Islamic. The intentions of Timur were the evilest ones that included destroying certain parts of India. During his reign in India, Timur destroyed most of the buildings and temples in order to loot the wealth stored in the temples. Unfortunately, he was successful in invading most parts of Southern Russia and India.  

Rise to Power

Timur began his rise as petty nomads and with very small men of the army. It was during his reign in India that he successfully reduced the powers and figureheads of Chagatai Khans and began rising under the name of these rulers or emperors. In addition, during this period of his invasion in India, Timur and his brother-in-law, Amir Husayn, became antagonists and also rivals with fellow wanderers and fugitives. Furthermore, their relationship became more complex and strained when Timur’s brother-in-law affected the efforts of Timur in invading LLya Khoja, close to Tashkent. Timur rose to power when he gained back his strength and powers after visiting Balkh comprised of merchants, Muslim Clergy, fellow tribesmen, aristocracy, and agricultural workers. Timur gained his strength because of his kindness that contributed to the sharing of belongings with the people tribesmen and agricultural workers of Balkh. Around the period of 1370, Husayn surrendered to Timur and was also later assassinated. Husayn’s assassination contributed to Timur’s proclaiming sovereignty in Balkh.     

Reason for invading India

 The aims and objectives of Timur in order to invade India is based on the following reasons:

• He noticed that the majority of people lived in India. Thus, Timur’s aim was to crush India and its Hinduism and instead wanted to spread Islam among the Indian public. 
• Timur also wanted to capture the wealth that was present in various Indian buildings and temples. This idea came from other emperors, Muhammad Ghori and Mahmood Gaznavi. He was aware of the wealth of India and took advantage of the unwanted situations that were going on in India during the invasion period. 
• Several articles have claimed that the huge wealth of India has attracted Timur to invade the most wealthy country of Asia. The chief evidence of Timur was to crush or destroy the Hinduism religion of the Indian public. 
• With the fanaticism about various religions and the urge in order to make an imperialistic country, Timur was forced to invade India.        

Impact of India invasion

After the attack of Timur on India, it was observed that India suffered a loss in terms of its finances and also was at the peak of destroying the Indian economy. Timur was successful in invading India in the year 1398. He was also successful in destroying most of the buildings and temples and captured almost all of the wealth that was a part of the buildings and temples. It was also observed that the immense power of the army men of Timur burnt and ruined the standing crops and unattended dead bodies. This destruction also resulted in the outbreak of a number of diseases, and India also suffered from a huge shortage of food. The effect of his India invasion was so strong that no other Mughal Emperor could regain the same strength and recapture India with equal success.

Conclusion 

During the 69 years of his life, Timur reigned certain parts of India, Russia, and the Mediterranean Sea. The history of invading India is the most renowned one. His main motive for invading India lay in the Wealth of Indian temples and buildings. Thus, during his invasion period, Timur and his army destroyed most of the buildings and temples in order to capture the wealth.