He was soon in possession of all the countries on the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea.

He then entered Persia, and conquered the whole realm between the Oxus and the Tigris.
Bagdad, until now the proud capital of the caliphs, submitted to his sway.

Soon the whole region of Asia, from the Sea of Aral to the Persian Gulf, and from Teflis to the great Arabian desert, recognized the empire of Tamerlane.

The conqueror then assembled his companions in arms, and thus addressed them: "Friends and fellow-soldiers; fortune, who recognizes me as her child, invites us to new conquests.

The universe trembles at my name, and the movement even of one of my fingers causes the earth to quake.