627 years ago today, December 18, 1398 (November 10, 1398, the 1398 lunar calendar), the Delhi Massacre. On December 17, 1398, Timur captured Delhi. Timur, meaning "iron" in the Chagatai language, 1336 - 1405) was the founder of the Timur Khanate. On December 18, 1398, he attacked Delhi, the capital of the Sultanate of Delhi, India. Timur suppressed the rebellion in Delhi, slaughtered about 100,000 prisoners of war, and occupied northern India. The Timur Empire (1370 - 1506) was a large empire founded by the Turkified Mongolian lame Timur (also translated as Temur, Timur, Temor, reigned from 1370 to 1405), centered on present-day Uzbekistan. At its peak, it spanned West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia from Georgia to India. The capital was Samarkand, the former capital of Huarazim, which was slaughtered by Genghis Khan's Mongolian Empire more than 100 years ago, and later moved its capital to Herat in present-day western Afghanistan. Uzbek tribe that died in Turk in 1506. His descendant Baber turned to India and founded the Mughal Dynasty.