Timur-i Lenk's first major campaign in Khwarezm

1359

The lame Barlas chief, still a regional captain serving under the Chagatayid khans, campaigned into the delta of the Amu Darya against rival emirs. His tactics - shock cavalry attacks combined with psychological terror and strategic deception - took shape in these years along the caravan routes that had once carried goods from Chang'an to Baghdad.