Embassy to Tamerlane, 1403-1406 / translated from the Spanish by Guy Le Strange with an introduction.
- Ruy González de Clavijo
- Date:
- [1928]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Embassy to Tamerlane, 1403-1406 / translated from the Spanish by Guy Le Strange with an introduction. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CHAPTER I Cadiz to Rhodes THE life and adts of the great Tamerlane, with a description of the lands that are under his dominion and rule, written by Ruy González de Clavijo, chamberlain to his highness the very great and noble king Don Henry, third of that name, sovereign lord of Caálile and Leon. This together with an itinerary wherein is described all that fell out during the embassy despatched by his highness the said king to his lordship that said potentate, who is other¬ wise known as Timur Beg, in the year of the Incarna¬ tion one thousand four hundred and three.1 The great lord Timur Beg2 having brought to naught the lord of Samarqand [the Chagatay Khán Suyurghatmish in the year 1370] took to himself that empire, whereby his dominion and rule were established as forthwith will be explained. For he then proceeded to conquer the whole land of Mongolia which same includes the empire of Samarqand, and next the land of India the Less. Then next he conquered all the country and empire of Khurásán which is a mighty lordship, and following this conquered and brought under his sway the whole country of the Tájiks3 [who are Persians] with the lordship of the city which is called Ray. Following this again he subdued bringing under his rule the whole of Persia, and Media with the lordships of Tabriz and Sultáníyah. Next he con¬ quered the lands of Gílán and Derbend together with Armenia the Less and Arzinján with Erzerúm and Avnik. Then he brought under his sway and govern¬ ment Mardin with the country of Georgia, which laál](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31354932_0043.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
