I wasn’t going to post anything today. Being cooped up inside for week after week and having a work in progress living room where one can live but not yet feel comfortable today offers a rare chance to go in the garden. Last Sunday it was snowing and yet today on Palm Sunday it is… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary Supplemental – Self Isolating with a good book!
Tag: Central Asia
Timur the lame. The tyrant and his curse
If I ever get round to writing a history book on the great and often bloody names in nomadic history, Timur will have to feature quite prominently in them. Timur was born in the late 1320’s, his precise birthdate uncertain due to the lack of written records. Some officials in the Timur regime would put his… Continue reading Timur the lame. The tyrant and his curse
Stephen Liddell 