Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-06-25
TAMERLANE.
MOhammadans In lndia-MOslem Archl
lecture.
TAMERIANE

Ill iHulh-lOHlcm htNul-
lecture.
TAMERLANE.
There is probably no chapter of the
worlds history so c1mmcd with fight
ing as that which chronicles the doings
in India from the tenth century TO the
fourteenth, and to endcayor to con-
dense any account Of the numerous
sieges suffered by Delhi and by many
another city of northern India during
that period would be to produce n pic
turc of unccasing bloOdshcd and OF
wearisomc samCncss. The character
of Timur Beg, or Tamcrlanc, however
is so very extraordinary AS TO merit
description. From him dates the ia
nous Moghul Empire, final, cXtin
guishcd in the present century by
absorption into the East India Com
pany.
"lIls successors, says Gibbon, "cX-
fenced their sway from the mountains
of Kashmir to Cape Comorin, and
from Kandahar to the Gulf of Bengal
Since the reign Of Aurung2cbc their
tinpirc has been dissolved, their treas
urcs of Delhi have been rllcd by a
Persian robbcr (Nadir Shah), and the
richest of their Kingdoms is now pos
scssed by a company of Christian mcr-
chants of n remote island in the North
crn Ocean
1t is said that Timur Beg was
grave man, of quiet manners, halt of
one hand and one foot, and dclighting
in the game of chess, which he greatly
complicated by doubling the number
of pieces from thirty-twn to siXly-fOur
lie is described as ruling his household
with calm equity, by no means Sparing
his sons from the Observance Of the
law; temperate and regular in his life,
and aiming ever at the establishment
of an ideal kingdom where child
might carry purse OF gold in safety
from east to west Of the Asian COnti-
nGnt. How man OF such character
could at the same time be so cmphat-
cally the arch-dcslrOycr Of mankind
is not clear. As for the authority he
exercised over his children, II is at
least certain that when he invaded
India, his grandson Pr MOhammad
had made little war for himself at
Multan, and would have persisted mis-.
crably had his grandfather not come
to his rescue. How young Pr went
out to conquer India on his own ac-
count is not told, but ii is certain that
Tamur was not provoked to any act Of
sharp Justice, Timur sons seemed to
have ONLY waited for his death to tear
each other to pieces at their leisure.
Timur, the wild chcss-playcr, signal
IzCd his successes in India by "A series
of barbarOuS maSSacrcs. AT one time
on one day alone he murdered one
hundred thousand prisoners in cold
blood, lest they should turn against
him. Having conquered the weak
MahmOud III. before Delhi, he en-
tered the city, and had himself pro-
claimed emperor in all the mosques on
Friday Che Muslin Sunday, and I'M
mcdidtcly left the city to the mercy Of
his Moghul soldiers, who burned,
plundercd, and slew till they were
weary. lie attcrward returned, and
gave evidence of his taste for the bcau-
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These doiugs of Tmur appear the
more barbarOuS when we remember
that he was himself musSulman sack
ing u lnusSulIn1n ,I,, G'nS Guy HHo nI s.al
ing Dy inc n''','rcu Ih3u''hu ,0', ms mus
SuIman suplcc'S' nc '",t i'ot 'nc cN-
cuSe "ll'c'' Ic subsequently "'oEou II.
support VI MS 'Nl'uu!''V" 'Es'HI'
'hIna' iha' nc was carry .i'% '"o l"l'h
0i inc froPhet lhlo Z" hr"'hS,I COUNTY,
nc HlhSuo'' 'ounuu" ',,, ,uS ,,n',;' ot'''''i'"I
OF uhor was tTs,ne.I''S ,r.Il',S .n"s'.'', "m"
ilS INVASION ny i".'oi''i'' N'o 10 Pul''
arDitrary ali 2Ct Vi P'u""cI 's was
ine conquest OF MS oM II S,l'cISN"iS ny
Nadlr Shah' inc l~ctSlah ~ 'rce"oo''' "'
lho elgh'cI!''ii ct"'nt!' .-,
llmur ulcd 9' urIhh,"S 700 III. n.ucIl =.
lccu "atcl' o" .no h''l'" w Sn'"" )"
iiVo' AS WIS ~ w 'NPo'to' MS H'uT
dom' or empire, lcII 10 PIcccS' anu io'
huhdrcu ana twenty years Setlts
oi parVehu GmPcrorS vi "i SUITS
relgned At I'cIhl' DGSlrElns 1t, sIh''S !"
ana holuIhS 1t "S 'hcy WIZ "p'e,
HINDU AND MollAMMApNN A"'i''lHc'-
MI, .,...,.,,'.,!t' ~ -, v,., r.,,,
Ing VAST PoPu'n''o'is VI i"'1, i"t'"i
numbering IN all some TWO hundred ilO'
and lfty million sous arc aI 'he pres
eht day ChlellY anncrcn'S W Que lorli
or ahOthcr Oh Drahlllahlsli'' colilpTc,
hchIeu "hGcr 'no gchural 'cr"' u,
lilndus' or thGY are lhuSSullhahs. vi
lhcso la.tcr 'hcre arc Pr"naD'y "oou'
thirty millions III ihu"' 1t Is 4 mus nus
take TO suppose that mere arc sun
any buddhist communities IN inc couh-
try, II we except the iSIahu OF Ncylon
and the extreme northern territory Oh
Nepaul. Inc buddhist movement
arose about ilVo hunureI years Deioro
CHRIST, ana expired IN all proDaDiIlty'
in the fourth century OF our era Nev-
erthciess' us tar Us we can JMdSc' inc
BuddhistS were the ilrst builders and
hcwcrs oil stone OF whose WORK any
traces remain, ana to them Is common
ly attributed thc foundation Oh lhG IN
dian school OF architecture. win It's
ultimate origin we have nothing to do,
but for those who arc unfamiliar with
the subject it is sufficient to say. that
the first specimens of Indian building
bear a strong resemblance to the
Egyptian. The arch Is unknown, ana
the massive architravo still holds its
place, supported by stout pillars ana
snuarn door-pOstS, Tho material in