Welcome to Erin Mankie's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

When you think of the nomadic conquerors of history, you probably first think of Ginghis

Khan, then perhaps Attila in the Huns.

But the fierce, often brutal warrior mentality didn't end there.

In 1370, for example, a Tercomongle warlord by the name of Tamerlane came into power, and

unlike any other commander in the history of military might, Tamerlane was never defeated.

However, he was the last of the great nomadic conquerors, as a new era began encroaching

into the end of his reign with the expanse of civilization.

He died in February of 1405 during an uncharacteristic winter campaign against the Chinese Ming Dynasty,

and was buried in Semar Khan, in a tomb that still stands today.

And because he was such a big deal, it has its own name, Guri Amir.

For most though, death is usually the end of the story, when Ginghis Khan died the Mongols

splintered, the same with Attila and his Huns.

And for the most part, that happened to Tamerlane as well.

But that's not the story that we're here to talk about.

We're here to discuss the fact that he may or may not have taken a curse with him to

the grave.

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