Tamerlane's Body: The Mystery of His Missing Tomb and the Curse of Timur

In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna delve into the strange and macabre story of Tamerlane's body—or rather, the mystery of his missing remains. After his death in 1405, the conqueror was buried in the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum in Samarkand, but when Soviet archaeologists opened his tomb in 1941, they found an empty coffin. Or did they? The episode explores the legend of the Curse of Timur, which supposedly triggered the Nazi invasion of the USSR, and the later forensic reconstruction of his face based on a skeleton that may or may not have been his. We examine the accounts of Ibn Arabshah, the Zafarnama, and the Soviet excavation led by Mikhail Gerasimov. What actually happened to Tamerlane's body? Was it moved, stolen, or never buried there at all? The hosts weigh the evidence, the myths, and the enduring mystery of the man who wanted his bones to protect Samarkand. #Tamerlane #Timur #Gur-e-Amir #Samarkand #CurseOfTimur #SovietArchaeology #MikhailGerasimov #IbnArabshah #Zafarnama #CentralAsia #MongolEmpire #Timurid #ForensicReconstruction #Sahib-i-Qiran #History #FexingoHistory #Podcast #Archaeology Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo