WI: Mongols in India

If Bayezid hear you call Timur a Turk, he'd spit on you. Timur was the one who beat the Ottoman Turks in battle, captured Sultan Bayezid... and lets just say he did not so nice things to him. Also, before war between the two broke out, Bayezid was really mean to Timur and sent him really rude letters.
Did timur report him?
 
Not nessecary since Timur probably owned his own ban hammer

Timur did more than ban him.... That being said, based on the war, Bayezid was right to resist Timur. Timur simply overcame the odds. I'd say if the Burji where not simply seeking a way to deter the Timurids and find peace, Bayezid would have defeated Timur, I am almost sure.
 
Okay, stepping back from my Tamerlane tangent,

In essence what Genghis Khan did during his lifetime was - he 'prepared' the territories for the future permanent Mongol conquests headed by his successors: the primary Mongol enemies murdered, the awe inspired, the strategic points taken, the terrain explored. The Mongol administration on the conquered territories was set by Genghis Khan but it was minimal to the extreme, and mostly in places closer to Mongolia proper. The actual conquering took place near Mongolia proper and it was prototype, example set by Genghis Khan for all further Mongol empire-building. India doesn't fit here.

Sure, but how is Mesopotamia or Poland any closer to the core Mongol territories? Surely there could've been an ahistorical khan who ventured south from Chagatai. Why wouldn't they?
 

PhilippeO

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Wouldn't the Mongols have faced inordinate difficulties in the tropical and jungle climate?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Mongol_invasion_of_Burma

Nope, India is not hotter or wetter than Burma, which Mongols devastated.

Sure, but how is Mesopotamia or Poland any closer to the core Mongol territories? Surely there could've been an ahistorical khan who ventured south from Chagatai. Why wouldn't they?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alauddin_Khilji

This man. He defeated Mongols four times.
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alauddin_Khilji

This man. He defeated Mongols four times.

He defeated the much weaker Chagatai Mongols. He was also very capable, and he would not have been around in 1221 or during the reign of Ogedei Khan. The Delhi Sultanate was also much stronger at this point, as it received a large influx of Persianate Turks fleeing Central Asia - something that did not exist during the reign of Genghis Khan or Ogedei Khan.
 
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