Significant1398 – 1399 · 1 year
Timur's Invasion of Delhi
Delhi · India
Timur's 1398 invasion devastated Delhi and demonstrated steppe warrior dominance over settled empires.
Estimated casualties
100Ksingle estimate · no range published
What happened
Timur's Central Asian forces invaded northern India in 1398, targeting the Delhi Sultanate. Timur's army sacked Delhi, killed vast populations, and captured treasures. The invasion devastated northern Indian civilization. Timur's forces withdrew with plunder.
Why it mattered
Delhi's sack demonstrated Indian vulnerability to steppe invasion. The invasion presaged subsequent Central Asian incursions into India.
Belligerents2
- Timurid Empire
- Delhi Sultanate
ON THE MAPTimurid EmpireDelhi Sultanate
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: Timur's Invasion of Delhi (1398 – 1399). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/delhi-invasion-timur · Sources & methodology