[Footnote 1: These journals were communicated to
Sherefeddin, or Cherefeddin Ali, a native of Yezd, who
composed in the Persian language a history of Timour Beg,
which has been translated into French by M. Petit de la
Croix, (Paris, 1722, in 4 vols. 12 mo.,) and has always been
my faithful guide. His geography and chronology are
wonderfully accurate; and he may be trusted for public
facts, though he servilely praises the virtue and fortune of
the hero. Timour's attention to procure intelligence from
his own and foreign countries may be seen in the
Institutions, p. 215, 217, 349, 351.]