Some of the 40,000 people his troops killed in Isfahan had their skulls piled into a pyramid.
At age 70, the historian Ibn Khaldun was lowered in a basket from the city walls to interview this equally elderly leader. This man's six-foot long tomb was made from the largest piece of jade in the world and was damaged when Nadir Shah tried to seize it in 1740. Ahmad ibn Arabshah wrote a biography of this man after being taken prisoner during his campaign against (*) Bayezid I. He buried alive three thousand people at Sivas to technically honor his pledge that he wouldn't shed their blood. He died in 1405 before he could conquer China. Some of the 40,000 people his troops killed in Isfahan had their skulls piled into a pyramid. He shipped many artisans from Damascus back to his capital of Samarkand. For 10 points, name this nomadic conqueror who walked with a limp.
At age 70, the historian Ibn Khaldun was lowered in a basket from the city walls to interview this equally elderly leader.
Tamerlane [or  Timur the Lame; or  Timur Leng; or  Timurlang; or  Tamburlaine] 