54. Reign of Khisir Kinwdja. j É


Scarcely had he done speaking, when they saw advancing rapidly
from the shore of Lake Kariás, a man mounted on a black horse,
and clothed in white robes. He rode on as far as the executioner's.
tent, where it is customary to dismount. "This man, however, rode
on without stopping, right past the station of the guards who were
sitting inaline. "The chamberlains [yasávul]' ran up from every
side to try and stop him in his course, but he did not slacken his
speed till he came up to where the Khán was standing. "Then he.
called out in a loud voice: ** Amir Timur is no more, he has died.
at Otrár!" Having uttered these words he again rode off at full
speed. Many horsemen were sent after him, but none could over-
take him; and no other intimation of the news was received.
However, after an interval of forty-five days, information came that
Amir Timur had died at Otrár; so there no longer remained any;
doubt about the matter, and the Khán was relieved. of all anxiety
and distress. :

The Khán was born before the year 770 of the Hajra, and the
above recorded events took place in 807? of the Hajra. Butitisnot
known how long the Khán survived Amir Timur—God knows:
best. | |

When the Khán ascended the throne of the Khánate, the founda- |
tions of the State, which, under the usurpation of Kamaruddin and.
the ascendency of Amir Timur, had been much shaken, were once.
more strengthened and consolidated. Old customs and rights, -
which had fallen into disuse or oblivion, were revived, while the.
