INDEPENDENT TARTARY, 125 



sian throne in 1462, that the Russians were able to throw off the gall- 

 ing yoke of the Tartars. Ivan repeatedly defeated them, subdued the 

 kingdom of Kasan, and other provinces, and made his name respected 

 through all the neighbouring countries. 



The fame of Tamerlane has been more permanent than that of Zin= 

 gis Khan : his defeat of the Turkish emperor Bajazet has been noticed 

 in the history of that nation. The honour of being descended from 

 him is claimed not only by all the khans and petty princes of Tartary, 

 but by the emperor of Hindoostan himself. 



When the vast dominions of Zingis Kahn fell to pieces, under his 

 successors in the sixteenth century, the Mogul and Tartar hordes 

 who had formed one empire, again separated, and have since conti- 

 nued distinct. 



