gaznevide

Updated: October 27, 2025

"But," said the Gaznevide, dissembling his anxiety, "if I should stand in need of the whole force of your kindred tribes?" "Despatch my bow," was the last reply of Ismael, "and as it is circulated around, the summons will be obeyed by two hundred thousand horse."

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5