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Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1 |
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Governor). Thus there was a hasty view of the Reghis-
tan filled with moving shops and with Mussulmans; of
porticos and of minarets bright with shining faience
which glistened in the sun. Beyond, there was the first
sight of the majestic walls of Bibi Khanim and of the
innumerable multitude which surged around them.
Then, still farther, the marvellous view which dominates
the plateau of Afråsiåb and the sandy slopes occupied by
the mosques of the Châh-Zindi. The impression which
I experienced from this succession of fairy-like spectacles
was so strong that I could scarce utter a word, wholly
overcome by an extraordinary emotion, little guessed by
my companion, doubtless long since accustomed to so
much splendour. How many times since have I seen
these scintillating monuments, that motley crowd, with-
out ever tiring of the sight! ''
The most graceful of the marvellous structures,
raised here by a tyrant's power, is a monument to
the power of a yet more universal tyrant, him whom
all delight to honour, the great god Love. Tamer-
lane had many wives, probably loved many; for it
is a proof of a certain largeness of nature that a
man's heart should go out to many women, willing,
wanting to be loved. But chiefly this heart of many
mansions was filled by love for Bibi Khanim, a fair
maid from far Cathay. And when God took her
away from the Emperor, he commanded her name
to be given to this structure, great and beautiful as
their love had been. Later, when mountain and
desert and river had been crossed, I saw in the world
of India another most beautiful monument to a dead
queen, who pleased another Mussulman Emperor,
and whose bones now lie in the Taj Mahal, at
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