Aftercrushingthegoldenhorde tamerlane swept down into Persia capturing Baghdad and pressing on through thekhyber passintoindia. there he stormedmultanand meerut and sackedDelhi.
For all the architectural crimes Soviet rule inflicted on the city depressing gruel textured tower blocks among them the glittering fist of the great Timur (aka Tamerlane), who raised Samarkand again after Genghis Khan had lain it to waste in 1220, is still discernible.