I'm crashing everytime I go to battle with the Timurids as well. Just ruined my French campaign. Really frustrating. Does it crash to your desktop with a message about an unspecified error?

Before the crashing problem I was able to deal the Timurids 3 or 4 crushing defeats when in a siege they will march the elephants front and center which after a while I can get to run amok and slaughter their own. I have a funny screenie of a couple Timurids looking around at piles of their own with some random elephants running around in the background.

I haven't faced elephants without a wall between us yet, but I'm dreading it.