A Turco-Mongol conqueror in Central Asia, <answer>Timur</answer> (Tamerlane), attacked the reigning Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud of the Tughlaq Dynasty in the north Indian city of Delhi. The Sultan's army was defeated on 17 December 1398. <answer>Timur</answer> entered Delhi and the city was sacked, destroyed, and left in ruins, after <answer>Timur</answer>'s army had killed and plundered for three days and nights. He ordered the whole city to be sacked except for the sayyids, scholars, and the "other Muslims" (artists); 100,000 war prisoners were put to death in one day. The Sultanate suffered significantly from the sacking of Delhi revived briefly under the Lodi Dynasty, but it was a shadow of the former.
What Turko-Mongol attacked and defeated the Sultan of Tughlaq dynasty?
Timur