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222 TIMUE'S ACCOUNT OF HIS INVASION 1, 1399 A. D.), I again drew my sword to wage a relig- ious war/ Timur's memoirs then proceed to describe his tak- ing of Mirat by storm, his frightful slaughter of the inhabitants, his capture of Hardwar, and his devasta- tion of the territory along the Ganges, until he turned his army on the homeward march to Samarkand, fight- ing his way at every step until he left India.
