[Footnote 5: The original of the tale is found in the
following work, which is much esteemed for its florid
elegance of style: Ahmedis Arabsiadae (Ahmed Ebn Arabshah)
Vitae et Rerum gestarum Timuri. Arabice et Latine. Edidit
Samuel Henricus Manger. Franequerae, 1767, 2 tom. in 4to.
This Syrian author is ever a malicious, and often an
ignorant enemy: the very titles of his chapters are
injurious; as how the wicked, as how the impious, as how the
viper, &c. The copious article of Timur, in Bibliotheque
Orientale, is of a mixed nature, as D'Herbelot indifferently
draws his materials (p. 877 - 888) from Khondemir Ebn
Schounah, and the Lebtarikh.]