Cause and Motives of Timur’s Invasion

Cause and Motives of Timur’s Invasion

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Discussing about the motives of his Indian invasion, Timur has written in his autobiography Mulfuzat-i-Timuri, “My object in the invasion of Hindustan is to lead an expedition against the infidels, to convert them to the true faith of Islam and purify the land itself from the filth, infidelity and polytheism and that we may overthrow their temples and idols and become Ghazis and Mujahids before God.”

In the light of this statement of Timur the Aims and causes of his invasion can be discussed as follows:

1. Timur wanted to plunder the wealth of India like Mahmood Gaznavi and Muhammad Ghori. He was well in the know of the wealth of India and he also knew the weaknesses of Tughluq Empire. He wanted to take advantages of the precarious situation of India and to fill his empty coffers. He had rightly estimated that the feeble Tughluq Empire would be no match to his valour.

2. Majority of Hindus lived in India. Timur wanted to crush them and to spread Islam in the land of infidels in order to attain the title of Ghazi and Mujahid.

3. Dr. A.L. Srivastava writes, “The huge wealth of Hindustan had attracted his attention. Delhi Sultanate was tottering and this gave an opportunity to the Turkish conqueror to fulfill his ambition. Really speaking, he had no intention of conquering Hindustan or ruling over it directly or indirectly.”

It is evident from the above that the chief motive of his invasion was to destroy the Hindus, so we can say that his religious fanaticism and imperialistic motives forced him to invade India. When Timur was planning for invasion one immediate cause emerged for which he accelerated his invasion on India.

In those days a conflict was going on between Sarang Khan, the ruler of Multan and Pir Muhammad, the grandson of Timur. Pir Muhammad had put forth the demand of annual tribute before Sarang Khan which was rejected by him. Hence Pir Muhammad had attacked Multan. Timur, after having listened to his news, proceeded from Samarkand to India along with 12000 soldiers. But some scholars believe that Pir Muhammad was sent to India to complete the preliminary work for invading India. He had conquered Uchh and Multan. Timur followed him and their joint forces created havoc in India.

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