The sun., 1880-11-21
TIE TARTAR NAPOLEON.
The Institutes OF Tamerinne, who CONQUER
ed Hnir the World and Talked Philosophy.
Prom he Penn Monthly

ward the imperiai city OF the Tatar empire. in
1885. He died at 0trar on the Jaxartes in the
r ToorRi tribe @ Of Berias % and BY tho side
he traced his descent from ZinRis Khan. Al
this period the Independent khapates to tha
Of civil war. The provinces OF Kafrlstan.
Koondooz Bokhara. and Khiva. were never
pressed and impovershed their numerous cit
les. At IL years Of age Timour began his military
career In 1851 he became ehiei 2. the BeaiHs
this war that he effected his celebrated escape
thrown him. and swan the broad and turbulent
Gihoon to rejoin his friends. In the same cam
that that gave ii him nj the e sobriuuet OF the Lame.
and Timour had provided against the contin-
ions By building a pyramid at se6sewar Of two
thousand living men. whom he cemented TO-
career OF foreign conquest. Persia feii first,
and he subdued all the country between the
Tigris and Euphratess slong the entire course
OF these rivers. In 1893 he was before Delhi.
where. dsencumbering his army by the massa-
ere Of a hundred thousand captiyes. he gained
rections in Georgia and Anatolia. together with
threatening threat, az movements on TIE part OF Bajazet
Faa and zach
other near Erzeroum and on the Euphrates:
hemonarchs were jealous OF their power. and
Syria. then dependency OF Egypt. was rapidly
conquered. and Timour. who appears to have
another pyramid In Bagdad. composed OF
ninety thousand human heads. On July 20.
1902. Bajazst met him on the plain Of Angora.
Timour had now subdued all Asia. from the
Irish and Volga to the Persian Gulf and from
and nothing but the absence Of transportation
saved Europe from invasion. After two months
triumphant rejoicing and feastng in Samar-
cand. the great Khan entered upon his last
campaign. A revolution In China had resulted
In the expu sion Of the dynasty OF Zingis. and
war. Despatching an army in advance. he
eGossed @ the Jaxartes on the Ice with reserve Of
fare d to wofh tSe
and he died. from some acute disease. after pro-
cceeding three hundred miles on his journey.
The Institutes OF Timour." hrst translated
into English by Major Davy about ITO, are ex-
Sources OF Larger work and combnedUprob o ehe
ably Mt the Khan's dictation-into a rambling
comment npon the military political and re,
eomnentaries, although the absence Of direct ihesf
seem to preclude positive denial as we'll as d.
rect proof The fact that historical journals
wers kept ~ under the nd r does
their most illustrative passages might not have
been combined by Timour for many reasons
recommend u successful policy to his descend
ants. Its revelation of the means by which
power might Do hUAlneQ WOulu seem TO prevent
general publication. or most OF the original
copies may have been lost in the wars following
the death OF Shahroecli. In the East Davy states
that 1t is everywhere received as genuine. The
style. naive egotism. candor. and earnestness OF
the book betray its authorship.
The political maxims are included under the
heads OF :" Reduction of Kingdoms" Obtain
Of a Foe,
conduct the affairs OF Government properly,
Timour said that, he was accustomed to use
sci. Vigilance. and inspection; :" but. be-
sides these. politics required patience and for
6saTanSs and partieaariy certain egnsd
aware Of.
The experienced have said. by policy king
doms may be conquered and numerous hosts
may be defeated. which by the swords OF united
armies cannot be oyerthrown. By experience
The wise and sasacious: And though the con.
the Soy word Of in everS
entsrpTss that Indertoos oOs acted from
warriors" Accordingiy. whom nv council
opinions on the good and on the evil on the ad
vantages or disadvantages OF undertaking or
relinGuishing the enterprise before US; and.
when had heard their opinions thereon, my
Every plan IN which I discovered twplSd
peril was single" Then. after examining tho
Avenue OF retreat, l entered on execution"
they only .. who steadfastly adhere to what they
say or do" may be expected to give good ad-
vice; for this may be- simply an Intellectual
process adapted to the emergency. and de-
signed either to deceive or conceal real opin;
ion; therefore. turn thine ear to the counsel
of the tongue but treasure the counsel OF the
heart in thy soul"
Speaking OF his war against the Ameers OF
Jetteh, and recalling the disorders prevailing
his authority over their leaders. Timour re-
lates that in order to make them unanimous.
with TO and sa he
should tempt some with riches, and soothe
with 6 bs Sad snGafe
gether in private conference. and-in his own
words Il told them that | made them the
my 81 AnH sey sesrs h.
successfully the same arts that military adyen;
turers have immemorially employed, raised
over by kind words and by open countenance.
extolled tenfold the services they had done. and
Wh ms .ae and those who we're against ms ali
Joined with me firmly"
But neither upon prudence nor counsel nor
rely. The following incident shows how he
won uike Baber, the knight errant OF Oriental
dsnce % by personal per gaiIantry. When the Emirs
Hoossein and Moosi revolted they threw a
strong garrison into the castle OF karshse and
felt the importance OF its reduction. but wished.
( poss be. to avoid a siege. Putting IN practice
one OF his tavorite strategic devices. he massed
his forces and directed them to march on
Khorassan by divisions. and large part OF the
army was en- route before he moved his own
immediate command. At tho first nights
encampment. however. he Selected 243
warriors" with whom he returned at the
full speed OF their horses. The rest is
best given in his own words. Tho Ameer
Jakooh kneeled before me aud said. Many of
our warriors have remained behind, and untl
they have arrived delay is necessary, AT this
time il came into my mind that could 30 alone
and examine the castle. l took forty warriors
with me. and turned my face toward the cas-
tie OF Kurshee; and when the blackness OF tine
castle appeared in the night commanded, my
wnif!ors TO halt. Then l took with mo Mub-
bushur and Abdaliah who had been born in
my house. and when came to the border OF the
moat l saw that it was full OF water. And |
looked about and saw II water pipe. ana water
ran through that pipe into the castle and IL had
been laid across the moat. Then delivered my
horse to Mubhushur and crossed the mont on
tho nj ma N nd nan, N the foot OF the wall, and