Why is Amir Timur Loved and Hated?

And How Perspectives on Him Changed Through the Ages, from Samarkand to Delhi

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Why is Amir Timur Loved and Hated?

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Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād. Portrait of Muhammad Shaybani. Circa 1507 / Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan  / Wikimedia Commons

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 Battle between Timur and Tokhtamysh Khan on 18 June 1391. Miniature from the Zafarnama. 1436 / Wikimedia Commons

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