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The Trail of Tamerlane

John Ure

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Description:Known to his contemporaries as 'the scourge of God', Tamerlane - Timur the lame - ravaged Asia during the last decades of the fourteenth century. He left a trail of horrors behind him: at Smyrna he used the heads of his Christian captives as cannon balls; at Sivas he buried his opponents alive because he had sworn to 'shed no blood'; at Astrakhan he pushed the governor under the ice of the frozen Volga; in Turkey he caged the Ottoman sultan and made that ruler's former wives dance unveiled before him. Yet this monster was a brilliant strategist whose campaigns remain marvels of rapid movement and audacity.John Ure has selected the most crucial of all Tamerlane's campaigns, that of 1386 ('The Year of the Tiger') to 1388 ('The Year of the Dragon'), and has retraced the conqueror's trail across Persia, the Caucasus and Asia Minor. The journey involved penetrating the Valley of the Assassins, traversing the wild and troubled regions of Kurdistan and Luristan, and joining the Qashqai tribesmen in their annual migration. The author recounts both the exploits of Tamerlane - the subjugation of the Kingdom of Georgia, the storming of the lakeside Castle of Van, the sack of Isfahan - and his own adventures - humorous as well as scaring - as he treads the same path over mountain passes and across barren plains.Travel in the remote parts of Asia has changed little in six centuries. The camel and the pony - though augmented by the local bus and lorry - still determine the speed of many stages of the journey. The nomad peoples, in their black goat-hair tents still live as they did when 'Tamerlane theEarthshaker' passed that way. The monuments of Isfahan and Persepolis still bear witness to their conqueror. This book brings to life a historical figure of grotesque magnificence and links him unforgettably with the romantic terrain he traversed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Trail of Tamerlane. To get started finding The Trail of Tamerlane, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 207

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Publisher: Constable

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ISBN: 0094633509

Description: Known to his contemporaries as 'the scourge of God', Tamerlane - Timur the lame - ravaged Asia during the last decades of the fourteenth century. He left a trail of horrors behind him: at Smyrna he used the heads of his Christian captives as cannon balls; at Sivas he buried his opponents alive because he had sworn to 'shed no blood'; at Astrakhan he pushed the governor under the ice of the frozen Volga; in Turkey he caged the Ottoman sultan and made that ruler's former wives dance unveiled before him. Yet this monster was a brilliant strategist whose campaigns remain marvels of rapid movement and audacity.John Ure has selected the most crucial of all Tamerlane's campaigns, that of 1386 ('The Year of the Tiger') to 1388 ('The Year of the Dragon'), and has retraced the conqueror's trail across Persia, the Caucasus and Asia Minor. The journey involved penetrating the Valley of the Assassins, traversing the wild and troubled regions of Kurdistan and Luristan, and joining the Qashqai tribesmen in their annual migration. The author recounts both the exploits of Tamerlane - the subjugation of the Kingdom of Georgia, the storming of the lakeside Castle of Van, the sack of Isfahan - and his own adventures - humorous as well as scaring - as he treads the same path over mountain passes and across barren plains.Travel in the remote parts of Asia has changed little in six centuries. The camel and the pony - though augmented by the local bus and lorry - still determine the speed of many stages of the journey. The nomad peoples, in their black goat-hair tents still live as they did when 'Tamerlane theEarthshaker' passed that way. The monuments of Isfahan and Persepolis still bear witness to their conqueror. This book brings to life a historical figure of grotesque magnificence and links him unforgettably with the romantic terrain he traversed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Trail of Tamerlane. To get started finding The Trail of Tamerlane, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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