Article: Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World. Justin Marozzi. HarperCollins. [pounds sterling]25.00. xxiv + 449 pages. ISBN 0-00-711611-X. The world's most famous Mongul conqueror, Temur (1336?-1405), became the stuff of legends in fourteenth and fifteenth-century Europe as Tamerlane or Temur the Lame. His rampaging armies, which carried on the successes of Genghis Khan in the thirteenth century, devastated the Ottoman empire. His own empire was torn apart by rivals after his ...

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