Mongolia. In the quriltai (nobles’ meeting) of 1404, Timur calls the Ming ruler Zhu Yuanzhang a pig emperor (tunghuz-khan), identifying the ruler with an animal abhorrent to Islam, and declares jihad against the Ming.
Mongolia. In the quriltai (nobles’ meeting) of 1404, Timur calls the Ming ruler Zhu Yuanzhang a pig emperor (tunghuz-khan), identifying the ruler with an animal abhorrent to Islam, and declares jihad against the Ming.