Changes

The invasions and conquests of Timur disrupted the geopolitics over a large part of the world. His defeats of the Ottomans nearly led to the fall of that dynasty. An able son of the Sultan captured at the Battle of Ankara staved off defeat, but he had to pay homage to the mighty Khan. However, they were lucky compared to others. The Timurid invasion of Indian was to lead to the collapse of the weak Tughluq dynasty. This led to the collapse of the Delhi Sultanate and for many decades there was a near-anarchy in Northern India as a host of contenders tried to revive the Sultanate.  Ironically it was a descendant of the great conqueror, Babur who was to end the anarchy when he established the Mughal Empire. Timur changed the history of Russia. This had been dominated by the Golden Horde, for over a century Timur’s victories so weakened the Golden Horde that it eventually splintered into a variety of Khanates. This was to have profound repercussions for the Mongols in Russia. The demise of the Golden Horde ultimately allowed the native Russian princes to overthrow the ‘Mongol Yoke’ and led to the expansion of the Duchy of Moscow which was the nucleus of modern Russia. Timur was to change the geopolitics of a great area of Eurasia and the consequences of this can still be felt to this day.