The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane

Synopsis

'His looks do menace heaven and dare the gods. His fiery eyes are fixed upon the earth.'Marlowe The last of the great nomad conquerors, Tamerlane was a man of enormous ambition and achievement who left no powerful contemporary ruler unchallenged. He rose to power in 1370 on the ruins of the Mongol Empire and, until his death, campaigned almost unceasingly. He led these campaigns personally, despite the deformity of his right arm and leg that gave him his nickname of Temur the Lame.