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rajendersingh
June 18th, 2003, 10:45 PM
Its very intersting to go through the book;TAMBURLAINE THE CONQUEROR BY HILDA HOOKHAM. publishished by london hodder and stoughton in 1962.
the area was very vast, it was the golden period for the islam . whole of centeral asia was into the new religion.today we can count that area as kazakistan, uzebistan turkemenistan ,tazakistan, mongolia vast parts of china and russia, iran kyrgyszstan and some parta of afganistan.

the mongolia is shown as the jats area on the very first map and first page. the writer has divided this whole area into two parts; moghulistan and mawaranhar. mongolia and and parts of china was monghulitan and rest was mawaranhar.

the mongols did the trick of the day .the almost captured the mawaranhar over a period of time. by this time the king of moghulitan was the second generation of muslims but the the nomads the fighting force did not like the idea of new religon and remained stuck to their old faith which writer has not mentioned and those were the jats as per the writer . and suddenly the young hero timur and his friend husayan played the game and won some of their territory,

by this time whole of mawarannahar was into new faith .. islam. the year was1365. main names were timur the great with his friend husayn on mawaranahar side and ilyas-khoja the muslim with his army of the namads the jats with their old faith.
now it is what what writer has said
''ilyas- khoja , who had succeeded his father as Khan of Moghulistan, was hardly disposed to accept the loss of Mawarannahar without relation, and in 1365 set out west wards with a large army. Husayn and Timur, prepared for the attack, went to intercept the jats. The two armies met near Tashkent, across the river Sir-Darya. The battle was remarkable not only for the tenacity of the fighting but for the cluod burst which turned the battle field intu mud. thunder bolts fell and lightning unnerved even the most hardy. The mongols feared thunder. Friar Rubrack and others reported that when it thundered "They put all strangers out of their houses, wrapped themselves up in black felt and lay hidden until the thunder was over". No such protection was available on this occasion. The battle field was not decided that day. In the morning it was resumed, and Timur, siezing an advantage, called on Husayn, who was in command, to advance. Husayn refused. Finally both emirs were forced to flee, leaving their dead in the mire. Their loses totalled more than ten Thousand men. They crossed the Amu-Darya with their remnants, leaving the road to Samarqand open to the enemy. Timur' s supporters afterwards placed the blame for the defeat in the "Battle Of The Mire " on Hussayn's lack of dash and cooperation. Blame was also placed on the occult powers of the jats, who fearing themselves the weaker, called up the storm with the aid of the magic "YADA" stone. This stone was poularly believed to have the poweer of Rain-Making. Being forwarned, the enemy was also better protected against the storm."

ravichaudhary
June 19th, 2003, 01:49 AM
Can you scan/ copy or fax/ or mail me the relevant pages ?

Thanks

Ravi