At this time, I was very anxious to rebel against the _Khān_, and to assume the power myself; but when I mentioned it to Amyr Kūrgen, who was then very busy, he said, “cannot you wait, it will be yours some time or other:” I therefore relinquished my intention. About this time, I went again to pay my respects to the _Kutb al Aktab_ Shaikh Zyn Addeen Shādy; at the time of my arrival, he was seated with some of his disciples reading the Korān, and had just repeated the verse, “Is not the conquest of the kingdom of Rūm (Anatolia) in my power;” as soon as he perceived me, he compared the circumstance of my arrival, with the moment of pronouncing the above verse, and finding a great accordance between them, he received me with the utmost respect and honour, and seated me opposite himself. When he finished reading the prescribed portion of the holy book, he said to me, “God hath decreed the downfall of Rūm, and as I perceive in you the signs of royal dignity, perhaps you are to be its destined conqueror;” he further added, “as the final letter of the word (Arz) kingdom, signifies eight hundred, I predict that you will conquer Rūm in the year 800.” I was very much encouraged, and rejoiced by this auspicious prediction. At another visit that I paid the Saint, he bound round my loins his own shawl, put on my head his own cap, and presented me a cornelian, on which was engraved (Rāsty va Rūsty) righteousness and salvation; I considered this also as a fortunate omen, added my own name, and had it made into a seal-ring; and from this time placed my entire confidence and faith in the Shaikh. [Here the Shaikh entertains him with a story of his having been very ill, and that he had been directed in a vision to visit the tomb of Aly Iben Mūsā, at Tūs, now Mushehed, in Khorasān; that he walked barefooted, and was seven years on the pilgrimage, and got perfectly well as soon as he arrived at the tomb; but the story being very prolix and not interesting, I have passed it over.] ----- Footnote 40: See Note to page 28. Footnote 41: He was the last of the descendants of Jengyz Khān, who actually reigned over Transoxiana, although several young men had the empty title of Khān conferred on them, but they were mere puppets in the hands of the powerful chiefs. Footnote 42: This was a boast of Timūr, as he was then very young; Aghlān signifies both a boy and a Prince. CHAPTER V. [Sidenote: A. D. 1358.]