Thread by @gauravcsawant

How can anyone who claim to be Indian name their children Taimur or Babur, invaders who killed so many inhabitants of our land.
Why this love for Mughals & over emphasis on their rule when Mughal power was at its peak only from 1526 (invasion by Babur) to 1707 (Aurangzeb killed)

https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1576458005201055744

#Taimur incidentally was lame. Taimur-Lang (or Langra).
One of the most brutal tyrants with a long history of massacres where ever he ruled.
1387 to put down a rebellion in #Ishfahan he is reported to have ordered massacre of 70000+ people. Several pyramids of human skulls made.

Pyramids of human skulls were not restricted to #Ishfahan.
1385 the #Sistan revolt was put down & human skulls and in some instances human bodies mixed with brick & clay used to erect a minaret to send out a clear message to those who rose against him.
In 1398 he attacked Delhi

(Taimur's) conquests were characterised by exceptional brutality. #Isfahan surrendered in 1387. Taimur ordered complete massacre of the city killing a reported 70000 citizens. An eye-witness counted more than 28 towers each constructed of about 1500 heads.
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As per Malfuzat-i-Timuri, #Taimur targeted #Hindus. In his own words: excepting quarter of the Saiyids, the ulama & other Musalmans, whole city was sacked. In his descriptions of Loni massacre he wrote:next day I gave orders that the Musalman prisoners should be separated & saved

100,000 people were massacred by #Taimur in #Delhi (some accounts put the toll much higher) but the cruel beast did not stop at #Isfahan (Iran) or India. He then sacked #Baghdad (Iraq). By some accounts more than 90,000 people were massacred by #Taimur’s army in Baghdad in 1401.