Why was Taimur, who spread dead bodies in Delhi, afraid of the prophecy of a Hindu saint? Had to leave India

When Taimur counted the years after his return from India, he saw that the words of the Hindu sage were true.

The troops were ready for combat. Meanwhile, a Hindu saint was advising the attacker Taimur Lang from the tower of the fort to remove the thought of conquering Delhi from his heart. With the help of an interpreter, Taimur asked, “What will happen if I don’t listen to you?” The monk said that right now you can live for twenty-one years but if you fight here, your age will be reduced by seven years. Then Taimur had ridiculed him. But while sleeping at night during a war campaign in another country, he saw in his dreams his childhood teacher who was telling him that only three years of his life were left.

When Taimur counted the years after his return from India, he saw that the words of the Hindu sage were true. He became paralyzed on the way to China. Then he remained in bed for seven days. He died at the appointed time as told by the sage. Read stories related to Taimur.

Don’t go to India!

The robber Taimur Lang, a descendant of Genghis Khan, attacked Delhi in 1398. While moving towards India, Taimur was advised by the elderly Sultan Wali-ul-Mulk of Quetta to desist from his intention of conquering India. The Sultan had told him two reasons for this. Firstly, there are two thousand kings in the country, who will take less than a hundred years to conquer. On Changez’s question, the Sultan told him that Ghazni had conquered only one corner of India. But the second major reason behind advising him to stop moving forward was that even if he wins the war, he will suffer huge losses due to the epidemic there. Taimur did not see any need to pay attention to this. However later he came face to face with this truth.

Big mustache question!

Soldiers were deployed on the wide walls of the Delhi Fort. For Taimur, his mustache touching his earlobes was shocking. In his autobiography, he wrote, “In my experience, beard and mustache have nothing to do with bravery. My soldiers are not afraid of soldiers with long and thick moustaches. In fact, if the enemy soldiers spend the time in taking care of their moustaches, then they might be able to fight better if they spend that time in increasing their strength.” However, when the war started, Taimur had to be convinced of the bravery of the Indian soldiers. A large number of his soldiers were killed. Taimur himself was badly injured. He had to hand over the command of the battle to his son-in-law Kurra Khan.

first laughed, then regretted

Taimur was 63 years old at the time of his attack on India. He was engaged in the siege of the Delhi fort. Till now his life had been spent between wars. But here a Hindu saint was warning him before the fight with the enemy army.

In his autobiography, he wrote, “At the third of the day, when the sun was setting, a man dressed in red appeared on the ramparts. He raised his hand and called out, Amir Taimur? I raised my hand and said in a loud voice, I am Amir Taimur! But beyond that we were unable to understand each other. Then with the help of the interpreter I came to know that he was telling me to give up the idea of attacking this city. Otherwise Brahma would punish me. I asked who this Brahma was.” I laughed at the childish words of the one who created the earth and the sky.

That prediction!

Of course Taimur was making fun of the saint’s words but he was shocked when the saint said that at present you are 63 years old. Taimur, who had come from another country, was surprised that how could this saint standing at a distance know his exact age? Further, the saint said that if you go back from here, you will live to the age of 94. Otherwise your age will be reduced by seven years. Apart from this you will also get a very bad news.

Taimur asked what news was that? Got the answer, your son’s death! Taimur said that I am not going to get scared by your intimidation or go back from my intention. Death and I are old friends and we love each other. As far as news of the death of a son fighting in another place is received, I too am among those fathers whose children are fighting. After this answer the saint said that now he has nothing to say and he moved away from there.

Son was killed and hanged on the tower

Taimur got the news of his son’s death during the siege of Delhi fort. The runner who reached Taimur was covered with mud. Frightened, he told that Kotwal Kartar of Loni Fort arrested Saad Waqas and then killed him brutally. In the coming days, Taimur had to leave Delhi even after the victory.

On his return, when he reached Loni’s fort, he was shocked by the scene he saw. In his autobiography, he wrote, “At the fort of Loni, my eyes fell on a head on top of the turret and a body swollen like a wineskin. Many days had passed. That is why the shape of the head had changed. I had recognized that it was the head of Saad Waqas. But I could not find out what was the swollen thing under the head. Later I came to know, it was my son’s skin, which was filled with straw. Tell me what I felt after seeing this condition of my son. No. He knew that he too could be killed in the fight, but he did not think that he would be hanged on the tower just like a husk.

Sixes were missed but the power of gunpowder won

Taimur’s army had to suffer heavy losses in the fierce battle of Delhi. Taimur himself was badly injured. He wrote, “I had five wounds on both my wrists and legs. There was difficulty in seeing due to blood falling from the left eye. There was no one among the 130 soldiers who was with me who was not injured. I was bleeding profusely. I do not know further. When I regained consciousness, there was no military uniform on my body. All my hands and legs were tied with bandages. I tried unsuccessfully to get up. But I was stopped because a lot of blood had already flowed from my body. Stitches.” If it breaks then it will be difficult to escape.”

In a hand-to-hand fight, the Indian soldiers defeated Taimur’s army. But he had a stockpile of gunpowder. This pile of gunpowder had reached up to the wall of the fort. The explosion of gunpowder made the work of Taimur’s soldiers easier and they won the battle of Delhi. During this time the army had spread the dead bodies.

Uprooted due to pandemic

But what happened before the victory of the war broke Taimur’s courage. The servant brought a bowl of cream for Taimur to eat but then he vomited in the same bowl. By the time he was removed from there, he vomited several times. Meanwhile, worried Kurra Khan came. He told that all our soldiers are suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. The number of soldiers falling prey to it was increasing. Hakeem was finding himself helpless. All the soldiers were dying. Those who remained had shrunk.

Taimur was in no condition to leave his camp. He was advised to leave the place, otherwise he too would fall prey to the epidemic. It was interesting that the effect of the epidemic was only on foreign soldiers. Taimur said that in whose care should he leave his sick soldiers? As soon as he leaves, the Indians will kill him. It was decided that some local hostages should be kept together and a warning was given that if these sick soldiers were killed then the Indian hostages would also be killed. The hostages also included the saint who had warned Taimur about his declining age, the death of his son and the impending destruction of mountains.

Prediction and dream, both came true

After massive destruction and looting, Taimur returned from Delhi. The predictions of the Sultan of Quetta and the Hindu saint had by now been proved correct. Was on a mission to deal with Tokol, the Emir of Magnesia. Stopped on the way. In his dreams at night, he saw his early teacher Abdul Qutub very sad. Asked why are you sad? He said that Taimur you will die in three years. Taimur wrote, “This statement of his worried me. I immediately remembered that Hindu saint who had talked about the remaining years of my life. When I counted the years after returning from India, only three of the years mentioned by that Hindu were left.” According to the details given in the autobiography after Taimur’s death, he became a victim of paralysis on the way to China. Stayed in bed for seven days. As the Hindu saint had told him and which he had also dreamed of, he died at the same appointed time.

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