TAMERLANE
The brutal rise of Timur the Lame, the 14th-century conqueror who burned his way from Central Asia to India, leaving pyramids of skulls in his wake.
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Chapters
17 total- 01Prologue
- 02Chapter One - The Cripple from Kesh
- 03Chapter Two - Bloodline of Genghis
- 04Chapter Three - Conquer or Die
- 05Chapter Four - The Siege of Herat
- 06Chapter Five - The Butcher of Persia
- 07Chapter Six - Baghdad Burns Again
- 08Chapter Seven - The Crusade in Reverse
- 09Chapter Eight - India: The Elephant War
- 10Chapter Nine - The Scourge of Islam
- 11Chapter Ten - The Ottoman Humiliation
- 12Chapter Eleven - The Diplomat and the Demon
- 13Chapter Twelve - The Empire of Stories
- 14Chapter Thirteen - The March to China
- 15Chapter Fourteen - The Curse of the Tomb
- 16Chapter Fifteen - Legacy in Fire
- 17Chapter Sixteen - The Architect of Oblivion
Edition notes and short pages
TAMERLANE
TAMERLANE
The Man Who Burned the World
by James Johnson
Dedication
For the ones he erased.
This time, you get remembered.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TO EVERY HISTORIAN who didn’t skip Timur.
To the poets who whispered his name in fear.
To the ghost cities, the charred scrolls, and the cracked bones, your story made it out.
And to those who still think Genghis was the scariest man alive:
yeah… look again.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JJ WRITES BLOOD-SOAKED, bone-deep history with a mind for legacy and a machete for myth. His books cut through propaganda, map forgotten power, and resurrect the names that once scorched the earth. This book is part of his sweeping catalog of brutal biographies and civilizational x-rays.
COPYRIGHT
© 2025 JAMES JOHNSON All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be copied, reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations used in critical reviews or academic work.
This is a work of historical nonfiction. Certain quotes have been translated or paraphrased for clarity. All facts presented are based on historical research, primary sources, and scholarly interpretations available at the time of writing.