Tamerlane's Engineers: The Siege Masters of the Timurid Army

We know Tamerlane as a conqueror, but behind his victories was a corps of military engineers who built siege engines, tunnels, and bridges that no army in Asia could match. This episode explores how the Sahib-i Qiran assembled teams of craftsmen from conquered cities, how they constructed massive trebuchets and covered battering rams, and how they used sappers to undermine fortress walls. We look at the siege of Balkh in 1370, where Tamerlane's first major engineering victory happened, and the siege of Aleppo in 1400, where his engineers deployed a giant trebuchet called a 'manjaniq'. We also discuss the role of Persian and Chinese knowledge in Timurid siegecraft, and how the mobility of his army meant engineers had to be as fast as cavalry. This is the story of the men who built the engines that broke the world. #Tamerlane #TimuridEmpire #SiegeWarfare #MilitaryEngineering #CentralAsia #Balkh #Aleppo #Manjaniq #Trebuchet #Sappers #TimuridArmy #MedievalSiege #Sahib-iQiran #PersianEngineering #Chagatai #History #FexingoHistory #WarTech Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo