MEN-AT-ARMS SERIES THE AGE OF OSPREY, MILITARY 222 Lae ¥ “ DAVID NICOLLE ANGUS McBRIDETHE AGE OF TAMERLANE Text by DAVID NICOLLE PHD Colour plates by ANGUS McBRIDEFirst published in Great Britain in 1990 by Osprey Publishing, Elms Court, Chapel Way, Botley, Oxford OX 2 gLP, United Kingdom. Email: info@osprey publishing: co.uk © Copyright 1990 Osprey Publishing Led. Reprinted 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as, permitted under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, ele optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the ior permission of the copyright owner. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Nicolle, David 1944- ‘The age of Tamerlane.—(Me . Tamerlane II, McBride, Angus arms series; 222) 1. Mongol Empii IL. Title 950.2092 ISBN 0-85045-040-4 Filmset in Great Britai Printed in China through World Print Ltd, FOR A CATALOGUE OF ALL BOOKS PUBLISHED BY Osprey MILITARY, AUTOMOTIVE AND AVIATION, PLEASE WRITE TO: ‘The Marketing Manager, Osprey Direct USA, PO Box 130, Sterling Heights, MI 48311-0130, USA. Email: in/o@OspreyDirectUSA.com ‘The Marketing Manager, Osprey Direct UK, PO Box 140, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 4ZA, United Kingdom, ail: info@OspreyDirectco.uk Visit Osprey at wwu.ospreypublishing.com rronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, Dedication For Colette, too sweet fora Tartar Artist’s Note Readers may care to note that the original paintings, from which the colour plates in this book were prepared are available for private sale. All reproduction copyright whatsoever is retained by the Publishers. All enquiries should be addressed to: Scorpio PO Box 475, Hailsham, E, Sussex BN27 2SL, ‘The Publishers regret that they can enter into no, correspondence upon this matter.