![]() ![]() ( 8) He was born forty miles to the south of Samarcand in the village of Sebzar, in the fruitful territory of Cash, of which his fathers were the hereditary chiefs, as well as of a toman of ten thousand horse. In the eyes of the Moguls, who held the indefeasible succession of the house of Zingis, he was doubtless a rebel subject yet he sprang from the noble tribe of Berlass: his fifth ancestor, Carashar Nevian, had been the vizier of Zagatai, in his new realm of Transoxiana and in the ascent of some generations, the branch of Timour is confounded, at least by the females, ( 7) with the Imperial stem. ( 6) Yet his real merit would be enhanced, rather than debased, by the elevation of a peasant to the throne of Asia nor can his lameness be a theme of reproach, unless he had the weakness to blush at a natural, or perhaps an honourable, infirmity. The nations which he vanquished exercised a base and impotent revenge and ignorance has long repeated the tale of calumny, ( 5) which had disfigured the birth and character, the person, and even the name, of Tamerlane. ( 4) But these cares were ineffectual for the preservation of his fame, and these precious memorials in the Mogul or Persian language were concealed from the world, or, at least, from the knowledge of Europe. All the civil and military transactions of his reign were diligently recorded in the journals of his secretaries: ( 1) the authentic narrative was revised by the persons best informed of each particular transaction and it is believed in the empire and family of Timour, that the monarch himself composed the commentaries ( 2) of his life, and the institutions ( 3) of his government. To live in the memory and esteem of future ages was the second wish of his magnanimous spirit. The conquest and monarchy of the world was the first object of the ambition of TIMOUR. Siege of Constantinople by Amurath the Second. ![]() Restoration of the Turkish Monarchy by Mahomet the First. His Conquests in Persia, Georgia, Tartary, Russia, India, Syria, Chapter 65 of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Chapter 65įall In The East - The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward GibbonĮlevation of Timour or Tamerlane to the Throne of Samarcand.
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