The great nomad conqueror Tamerlane rose to power in 1370 in the ruins of the Mongol Empire and led his armies of conquest from Russia to India, from Turkestan to Anatolia. In this, the first full study of an extraordinary person, Beatrice Forbes Manz examines Tamerlane as the founder of a nomad conquest dynasty and as a supremely talented individual, raising many current questions about the mechanisms of state formation, the dynamics of tribal politics, and the relations of tribes to central leadership.
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'It should be said at once that this is an excellent book.' Charles Melville, BSOAS
'In thirty years' time this book will still look like a turning point.' Peter Allen, Society for South Asia Studies
'Beatrice Manz has established the standards and criteria upon which all future studies of the warlord conqueror must be based.' John E. Woods, International Journal of Middle-East Studies
'In thirty years' time this book will still look like a turning point.' Peter Allen, Society for South Asia Studies
'Beatrice Manz has established the standards and criteria upon which all future studies of the warlord conqueror must be based.' John E. Woods, International Journal of Middle-East Studies
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In the first full study of an extraordinary person, Beatrice Forbes Manz examines Tamerlane as the founder of a nomad conquest dynasty and as a supremely talented individual, raising many current questions about the mechanisms of state formation, the dynamics of tribal politics, and the relations of tribes to central leadership.
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For the study of Temur's life the Ulus Chaghatay is of central importance; this was the world within which Temur rose to power and which remained at the center of his realm through his life. Read the first page
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Sadly disappointing. Granted, the subject is difficult, and I am sure that a lot of research has gone into this work. The result, however, can only be qualified as unreadable. I finished the book still wondering who Tamerlane was. The reader is led through a bewildering collection of tribes and characters with impossible names, and the maps that figure are no help at all.
The essential ingredients for a good historical study are some clear maps, family trees and a who's who. This book had none.
Not recommended.
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Tamerlane (or Timur-i-Lenk) is oddly unfashionable as a subject of contempory study and the fascinating history of his life and conquests remains obscure. This volume explores the society from which Timur sprang and the workings of his central asian dictatorship. As a scholarly study this volume is, no doubt,very sound, but popular readers (like myself) may get more enjoyment from a general history.
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Probably the most difficult read I have had in years. Merely a list of facts, battles and relationships. Avoid this unless you are scholar of central Asian history.
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