Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of Timour at Samarcand, A.D. 1403-6

CADIZ TO CONSTANTINOPLE.

The great Lord Timour Beg, having killed the Emperor of Samarcand and seized upon his empire, where his own dominion commenced, as you will presently hear; and having conquered all the land of Mongolia, which is contained in the said empire, and the land of India the less; also having conquered all the empire of Khorassan, which ia a great lordship, and having conquered and reduced to obedience the land of Tagiguinia, with the territory and lordship of a land called Eei; and also having conquered and reduced all Persia and Media, with the empire of Tabreez and of Sultanieh; and also having conquered the lordship of Gheelan, with the land of Derbent; and also having conquered the land of Armenia the less, and the land of Arainga, and of Aseron, and of Aunique, and reduced to obedience the empire of Merdi, and the land of Kurdistan, which is in the said Armenia; al?o having conquered in battle the lord of India the less, and taken a great part of his territory; also having destroyed the city of and reduced to submission the cities of Aleppo, of Babylonia, and of Baldas; and having overrun many-other lands and lordships, and won many other battles, and achieved many conquests, he came against the Turk Ilderim Bayazid (who was one of the greatest and most powerful lords in the world) in his land of Turkey, and gave him battle near his castle, which was called Angora, conquering him and taking him prisoner, together with one of his sons.