He repeats his exhortation to his descendants to observe union, “to support the religion of Muhammed, to give currency to the tenets of the _Sūnies_, and to exert themselves in eradicating every false religion.” (Appendix 12.) He then forbids any one to speak to, or again disturb, him, but leave him to the mercy of God. Shortly after this exhortation he resigned his soul to his Creator, on Tuesday the 17th of Shabān, A. H. 807, March 19th, A. D. 1405. ----- Footnote 120: The Persian history by Sherif Addyn Aly Yezdy, and the work translated by Petis de la Croix. Footnote 121: Atrar was a large town situated two Parasangs or leagues north of the Sihūn, (Jaxartes). Footnote 122: This distribution was conformable to the English law, Jehāngyr being the heir of his deceased eldest son, but the throne was taken possession of by Khelyl Sultān, another of Timūr’s grandsons, the son of Mirān Shāh; he died at the end of three years, when Maveralnaher was taken possession of by Shāh Rūkh, the youngest son of Timūr, but the other Princes having also seized upon the different provinces under their command, the mighty empire fell to pieces. It may be interesting to some persons to know that the dominions of Timūr were visited in the year 1812, by Izzet Allah, an intelligent native of India, whose journal has been published in the Asiatic Researches, from which we learn that the Chinese have extended their conquests as far as the Sihūn or Jaxartes, that the _towns_ of Transoxiana are in possession of different Uzbek chiefs, and the _country_ is occupied by the Nomade Kirghys hordes. FINIS. * * * * * PRINTED BY W. NICOL, CLEVELAND ROW, ST. JAMES’S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _The following works of Major Stewart may be had at_ Messrs. Parbury, Allen, and Co. _Booksellers to the Honourable East India Company, Leadenhall Street_. 1. Descriptive Catalogue of Tippoo Sultān’s Library, 1 vol. 4to. 2. Travels of Abu Mirza Talib, 3 vol. 12mo. 3. History of Bengal, 1 vol. 4to. 4. Introduction to the Anvari Soohyly, 1 vol. 4to. 5. Original Persian Letters, 1 vol. 4to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Notes New original cover art and table of contents included with this eBook are granted to the public domain. Archaic and non-standard spelling has been retained, except for what seem to be obvious printer’s errors, listed below. Hyphenation has been regularized in cases where there is a predominant form in the text. Changes made have been noted below. Diacritic (Macron) use by the author is very inconsistent within the text, and has not been regularized. The system of transcription is the author’s own, but is not followed with any rigor.