Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 5: A Season of Feasting at Samarkand

Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World

Our travellers from early 15th century Spain arrive at the outskirts of Samarkand and meet with their host Timur.

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Sources:

• Narrative of the embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the court of Timour at Samarcand, A.D. 1403-6, translated by Clements R. Markham. Hakluyt Society, 1859.
• Embassy to Tamerlane: 1403-1406, translated by Guy le Strange. Routledge, 2005.
• Manz, Beatrice Forbes. The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
• Manz, Beatrice Forbes. Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
• Rubiés, Joan-Pau. "Late Medieval Ambassadors And The Practice Of Cross-Cultural Encounters 1250–1450," in The ‘Book’ of Travels: Genre, Ethnology, and Pilgrimage, 1250-1700, edited by Palmira Brummett.

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