Late Middle Ages · South Asia · War
1399
Timur Attacks Delhi Sultanate
1399
The Timurid conquest of Delhi left the city in smoking ruins and the Tughluq sultanate in theoretical existence only. The political vacuum opened space for Afghan and Rajput powers across north India through the early fifteenth century.
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Also in 1399 (3 other events on record)
- Henry Bolingbroke deposes Richard II · Europe · Politics
- Timur returns to Samarkand after Indian campaign · Central Asia · Politics
- Chaucer writes 'Complaint to His Purse' · Europe · Culture
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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