On July 28, 1402, Tamerlane shattered the Ottoman army and reportedly kept the sultan in an iron cage for the rest of his life, rescuing Manuel II's Constantinople from imminent fall. Brownworth notes the Byzantines were too weak to exploit this respite, and Ottoman power recovered within a decade.
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Episode 16 (5 mentions)
On July 28, 1402, Tamerlane shattered the Ottoman army and reportedly kept the sultan in an iron cage for the rest of his life, rescuing Manuel II's Constantinople from imminent fall. Brownworth notes the Byzantines were too weak to exploit this respite, and Ottoman power recovered within a decade.
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