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books on: Tamerlane  - 1156 results

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Three Plays: Tamerlane, the Fair Penitent, Jane Shore
Book by Nicholas Rowe, J. R. Sutherland; The Scholartis Press, 1929
Subjects: Fiction
...THREE PLAYS -ii- THREE PLAYS TAMERLANE THE FAIR PENITENT JANE SHORE by...39 TAMERLANE, 1702 49...close of 1701 Rowes second tragedy, Tamerlane , was produced at Lincolns-Inn-Fields...
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The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia
Book by René Grousset, Naomi Walford; Rutgers University Press, 1970
Subjects: Asia, Central--History
...Huns, Jenghiz Khan and the Mongols, Tamerlane and the Golden Horde--these almost legendary...University Preface Attila, Jenghiz Khan, Tamerlane: their names are in everyones memory...mighty figures--Attila, Jengbiz Khan, Tamerlane--as they march through ten centuries...
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The Mongol Empire: Its Rise and Legacy
Book by Michael Prawdin, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul; Macmillan, 1940
Subjects: Genghis Khan--1162-1227, Mongols--History
...CENTRE 404 PART FOUR--TAMERLANE XXVI. THE LAND BETWEEN THE REALMS...CHINA 313 6. EMPIRE OF TAMERLANE 410 7. MONGOLIA AND THE...
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Nicholas Rowe and Christian Tragedy
Book by J. Douglas Canfield; University Presses of Florida, 1977
Subjects: Christian Drama, English--History And Criticism, Fiction, Rowe, Nicholas--1674-1718--Criticism And Interpretation, Tragedy
...II. Protagonist as Champion: Tamerlane and Ulysses 45...after Shakespeare, three of them -- Tamerlane , The Fair Penitent , and The Tragedy...tragedies -- The Ambitious Stepmother , Tamerlane , Ulysses , The Royal Convert , and...
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The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna
Book by Martin Sicker; Praeger, 2000
Subjects: Islamic Empire--History
...131 13. The Era of Murad and Bayezid 143 14. Tamerlane 151 15. End of the Byzantine Empire 161 16...
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journal articles on: Tamerlane  - 46 results

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Tamerlane (Monologic Excerpt)
Journal article by Tora Mirza, William Dirks; World Literature Today, Vol. 70, 1996
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
Tamerlane (Monologic Excerpt) By TORA MIRZA In the gardens of the homeland Not hands, but swords were outstretched. On either side of my way Thorns are many, and all the flowers picked. Aliens came...Among his poetry collections are The Roar of the New Grass and Dawn Letters (both from the 1980s), and he is also the author of more than a dozen plays, including The Bus Stop and Tamerlane , from which the above excerpt is taken.
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Together (Or Not Together) Against Tyranny: Poe, Byron, and Napoleon Upside Down in "Hop-Frog"
Journal article by Katrina Bachinger; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 33, 1991
Subjects: Literature--History And Criticism, Philology
...with Byron and the title warlord of "Tamerlane" (1827). Having reached that vantage...an eighteen-year-old Poe published "Tamerlane". This is not the allegory I have been...technical anticipation of it. For the title "Tamerlane" has a lexical density that binds together...
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The Voice of History: Thomas Godfrey's Prince of Parthia and Revolutionary America
Journal article by Frank Shuffelton; Early American Literature, Vol. 13, 1978
Subjects: American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, American Literature--Revolutionary Period, 1775-1783
...Godfreys debt to Nicholas Rowes Tamerlane by pointing out the verbal echoes...characters inaccurately refers to Tamerlanes origin as "a petty prince of Parthia...Pollock concludes that "finally Tamerlane gave the setting for The Prince...
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The Eagle Returns: Evidence of Continued Isma'ili Activity at Alamut and in the South Caspian Region Following the Mongol Conquests
Journal article by Shafique N. Virani; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, 2003
Subjects: Caspian Sea, Ismailites--History, Mongol Empire, 1206-1502, Political anthropology--Research
...co-religionists who had been ordered there by Tamerlane. (54) Just over a decade later, Tamerlanes troops were also to massacre the Ismailis...to do with him. He thus took refuge with Tamerlane. Meanwhile, the army of Ali Kiya, which had...
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Poe and 'The Awakening
Journal article by Rosemary F. Franklin; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 47, 1993
Subjects: Chopin, Kate--Influence, Dreams--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Poe, Edgar Allan--Influence, The Awakening (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...diction, imagery and theme. Two versions of "The Lake" are included in Thomas O. Mabbotts edition: the first is found in Tamerlane (1827) and the second in The Raven and other Poems (1845).(3) Chopin would have had to know the second version since only...
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Tamerlane: Return of the Sword of Islam: One of History's Great Leaders, Tamerlane Waged a Series of Bloody Wars in the 14th and 15th Centuries to Build a Mighty Empire in Central Asia around His Glorious Capital, Samarkand. Now the Government of Uzbekistan Is Manipulating His Reputation to Serve Its Political Agenda
Magazine article by Justin Marozzi; Geographical, Vol. 76, September 2004
Subjects: Karimov, Islam--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Karimov, Islam--Cultural policy, Timur--Portrayals, Warriors--Portrayals
Tamerlane: Return of the Sword of Islam: One of Historys Great Leaders, Tamerlane Waged a Series of Bloody Wars in the 14th and 15th Centuries...mighty warrior: Amir Temur. Better known in the West as Tamerlane, he is a household name throughout the Muslim world...
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Death of Tamerlane: February 18th, 1405
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 55, February 2005
Subjects: European history--Research
Death of Tamerlane: February 18th, 1405. by Richard Cavendish IN JANUARY...the World. In Europe the name Timur iLeng, Timur the Lame, became Tamerlane or Tamburlaine. Lame he was, mighty he was, merciful he was not. As...
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Cities of Lost Civilization
Magazine article by Eva Harnik; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, October 12, 1998
Subjects: Central Asia--Description and travel, Travel industry--Central Asia
...Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, to name a few. An endless succession...But Bukharas real glory started with Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) about 1370. A distant...mosques, medreses and minarets built by Tamerlane and his sons, is Islamic art at its most...
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Ad Orientem
Magazine article by Robert Louis Wilken; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, August 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire (Book)--Book reviews
...95 IN HANDELS OPERA Tamerlano, the principal characters are Tamerlane; the brutal Mongol chieftain Bajazet; an Ottoman Sultan and...Europe was fascinated with the defeat of the Turkish sultan by Tamerlane--or Timur, as he is better known today. Vivaldi, too, wrote...
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The Oriental Silk Road : A 3,500-Mile Journey across the Asian Portion of the Silk Route Begins in Beijing and Ends in the Bracingly Exotic Country of Uzbekistan
Magazine article by Masha Nordbye; World and I, Vol. 17, April 2002
Subjects: China--Description and travel, Silk Road--Description and travel
...adventures of Marco Polo and tales of Tamerlanes empire centered in the fabled cities...legacies date back to the Turkic hordes and Tamerlane. These landmarks are endowed with some...the ground. In the fourteenth century, Tamerlane turned it into the "Pearl of the East...
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newspaper articles on: Tamerlane  - 44 results

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SULTAN OF BLOOD; He Beheaded and Raped Millions, and His Calling Card Was a Tower of Skulls. Was Emperor Tamerlane the Bloodiest Tyrant in History?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 3, 2005
...Card Was a Tower of Skulls. Was Emperor Tamerlane the Bloodiest Tyrant in History...sky. This was the work of the Emperor Tamerlane, whose kingdom was founded on bloodlust...instilled fear in any who stood in his way. Tamerlane - who was also known as Amir of the Tartars...
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Rabble Rouser Who Carved Up Asia; Critic's Choice
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 27, 2004
...Critics Choice. Byline: RUPERT EDIS TAMERLANE by Justin Marozzi (HarperCollins, amp;#91;pounds sterling amp;#93;25) TAMERLANE ranks with Alexander the Great and Genghis...in 1405, on his way to attack China, Tamerlanes empire spread from the waters of the...
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Fabled Cities of the 'Stans': Central Asian Lands Popular with Despots, Conquerors
Newspaper article by Eva Harnik; The Washington Times, August 30, 1998
...Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, to name a few. An endless succession...Persia. Bukharas real glory started with Tamerlane (Timur the lame) about 1370. Born in...were not used for calling the faithful; Tamerlane had convicts hurdled to their death from...
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Bloody Tyrant Was Also a Scholarly Charmer
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 9, 2004
Bloody Tyrant Was Also a Scholarly Charmer. Byline: ANDREW ROBERTS Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World by Justin Marozzi (HarperCollins, amp;#91;pounds sterling amp;#93;25) THE Amir Temur...
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A New UST Rector
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 13, 2006
...Rector of the 395-year-old University of Santo Tomas last Thursday. He will serve as such until 2010. He succeeds Rev. Fr. Tamerlane R. Lana, O.P. whose term expired last June. The event at the UST chapel started at 5:30 in the afternoon and was attended...
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encyclopedia articles on: Tamerlane  - 12 results

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Tamerlane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TAMERLANE see Timur . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Timur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TIMUR timoor or Tamerlane tam rlan, c.1336 1405, Mongol conqueror, b. Kesh, near Samarkand...by H. Hookham (1962) and B. F. Manz (1989); J. H. Sanders, tr., Tamerlane (tr. of late 14th-century Arabic work by A. Ibn Arabshah, 1936...
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Timurids
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TIMURIDS timoor idz, dynasty founded by Timur (or Tamerlane). After the death of Timur (1405) there was a struggle for power over his empire, which then extended from the Euphrates River...
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Ulugh-Beg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ULUGH-BEG or Ulug-Beg both: oo loog beg, 1394 1449, Timurid ruler and astronomer. The grandson of Timur (or Tamerlane), he succeeded to the Timurid domain in 1447. A patron of the arts and sciences, he established an astronomical observatory...
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Babur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...lion, 1483 1530, founder of the Mughal empire of India. His full name was Zahir ud-Din Muhammad. A descendant of Timur (Tamerlane) and of Jenghiz Khan , he succeeded (1494) to the principality of Fergana in central Asia. His early life was spent in an...
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