Brownworth credits Tamerlane, the fearsome Mongol invader, with rescuing Manuel II by shattering the Ottoman army on July 28, 1402, reportedly keeping the defeated sultan in an iron cage for the rest of his life. This respite, however, was too brief — Turkish power recovered within a decade.
Also known as: Timur · Timur the Lame
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Brownworth credits Tamerlane, the fearsome Mongol invader, with rescuing Manuel II by shattering the Ottoman army on July 28, 1402, reportedly keeping the defeated sultan in an iron cage for the rest of his life. This respite, however, was too brief — Turkish power recovered within a decade.
“The first time he was rescued by Tamerlane, the fearsome Mongol invader who shattered”
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