When I rise from the dead, the world shall
tremble.
History holds many legends and myths in its
store which can never really be verified but
are still believed by millions.
One such Legend is of the Curse of Timur or
more famously known in history as Curse of
Tamerlane, this curse was believed to have
been unveiled during WW2 and causing the Deaths
of more than 26 million Russian soldiers and
citizens. Though we at History People and
War believe it to be a coincidence rather
than an actual curse, but it was such a huge
coincidence that it definitely deserves a
video to be made on it. Very rarely someone
in History has been feared more after their
death than they were feared during their lifetime.
Tamerlane is one such figure and that too
is when, he is held responsible for killing
around 17 million people during his lifetime
Today in This video from History People and
War we will take a look at this mythical dreaded
Curse of Tamerlane which many believe can
bring a great havoc in the world even today.
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So Tamerlane was a Turko-Mongol war commander
and the founder of the Timurid Empire. He
was one of history’s most feared conquerors
and one of the most brutal invader that mankind
has ever seen.
He assumed the title of Great Khan in 1369,
and after that he immediately started a campaign
to make his empire as big as the Mongol empire
during the rule of his idol Genghis Khan.
He is believed to be responsible for death
of around 17 million people during all his
conquests, which was around 5% of the world
population at that time. He lived for 68 years,
building the biggest dynasty on earth after
Genghis Khan. His idol Genghis Khan was responsible
for millions of deaths and receives the top
crown as the most evil and worst mass murderer
in history, but Tamerlane was a very close
and a respectable second in that List, Followed
by Hitler, Stalin and Mao.
Amongst his many horrifying campaigns the
most famously known in India is his campaign
in North India against the Tuglaq Dynasty.
Delhi was one of the world’s most richest
City at that time and After winning the battle
of Delhi against the Delhi Sultanate, he massacred
every citizen of the city and after looting
all its treasure he left the city in ruins.
Timur's invasion and destruction of Delhi
was so devastating that the city could not
recover from the great loss it suffered, for
almost a century.
Tamerlane, or Timur died on February 18th,
1405 during his campaign against China.
He was buried in Samarkand, Uzbekistan and his
tomb is known as Guri Amir in Asia. As confirmed
by Russians who opened the Tomb in 1941, Timur’s
Tomb is engraved with two inscriptions that
contribute to the myth and legend of the curse.
The first inscription is written on the tombstone,
and says “When I Rise From the Dead, The
World Shall Tremble”.
The second one is located inside the tomb,
and says “Whosoever Disturbs My Tomb Will
Unleash an Invader More Terrible than I’.
With these two inscriptions on his tomb, even
after his death, he continued to scare everyone. After more than 500 years of Timur's Death
Stalin, leader of USSR, ordered anthropologist
and historians to open the Timur’s Tomb
in 1941. And in June 1941 knowing the excavation
team was in Samarkand, there was panic among
local Uzbeks. They feared a war would commence
three days after Timur’s tomb opened, as
it was prophesised several times. In fact,
some of the local Uzbeks tried to warn the
expedition’s group, but they were pushed
aside. Finally, Soviets opened the Tomb on
June 20th, 1941. Two days later - On 22nd
June 1941 –– Nazi Germany attacked Russia
and History’s most horrifying war followed,
seeing Russia lose a total of 26.6 million
men and women. The invasion came without formal
declaration of War and the operation was known
as “Operation Barbarossa”. The Soviet
Union suffered numerous defeats at the hand
of Hitler. And many at that time even believed that Nazi
Germany might be able to conquer Russia.
And The Timur’s curse turns out to be true as
in terms of people killed: Hitler was clearly
a more terrible invader than himself.
Fortunately, the course of the war began to
change in November 1942. And at stalingrad the
Soviet Union managed to stop the Germans from further advance.  This turned the tables for
Russia, in WW2.
It was later learned that, after few months,
Stalin started believing in the curse, and
in November 1942 itself he ordered that the
remains of Timur should be returned to his
Tomb. Stalin also ordered that the process
should be done with full Islamic burial rights.
The Soviets then returned the remains to the
tomb in December 1942. And nearly a month
later, the Nazi forces at Stalingrad surrendered
and Russia won the Battle of Stalingrad. The
battle still remains as one of the bloodiest
in the history of mankind, not just the World
War II.
These two events or we can say these two coincidences,
have made this myth about Timur’s Tomb so
strong, that even today, people and governments
very much believe in this Curse and are scared
to touch Timur’s Tomb.
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