26. Cherefeddin Ali, his servile panegyrist, would afford us
many horrid examples. In his camp before Delhi, Timur
massacred 100,000 Indian prisoners, who had 'smiled' when
the army of their countrymen appeared in sight (Hist. de
Timur Bec, tom. iii. p. 90). The people of Ispahan supplied
70,000 human skulls for the structure of several lofty
towers (id. tom. i. p. 434). A similar tax was levied on the
revolt of Bagdad (tom. iii. p. 370); and the exact account,
which Cherefeddin was not able to procure from the proper
officers, is stated by another historian (Ahmed Arabsiada
tom. ii. p. 175, vers. Manger) at 90,000 heads.