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nions to desist,, prostrated himself before the prince, 
and offered his services, together with those of his fol- 
lowers. 
Soon after this unexpected recognition, Timur 
was joined by a hundred cavalry, and others daily 
flocked to his standard. Thus, he soon saw 
himself at the head of two hundred horse. His 
prospects were now beginning to brighten, when 
his brother-in-law Amyr Hussyn, who had hitherto 
been the companion of his fallen fortunes, becoming 
jealous of his authority, quitted him in disgust. Be- 
fore Timur left the desert, he was waited upon by some 
chiefs, who advised him immediately to quit his 
present place of retreat, and commence active ope- 
rations in the more populous country. Feeling 
confident that inactivity paralyses the energies of 
soldiers, he resolved to lead his troops to conquest, 
satisfied that their numbers would increase in pro- 
portion as victory should follow his standard. Weigh- 
ing maturely the best mode of proceeding, he de- 
termined to canton two hundred soldiers in the vicinity 
of Kesh, the district of his own birth, where they 
might remain until he should require their services. 
Meanwhile, he prepared to go among the nomadic 
hordes which inhabited the mountains and jungles, 
and endeavour to win them over to his service by the 
prospects of a rich spoil. 
When he had concluded the necessary arrangements, 
he set out for the village of Karindan, a dependency 
of Bukhara. Here he fixed the cantonments of his 
little army, and left his wife, the sister of Amyr 
Hussyn. He then visited those tribes whom he hoped 
