zingis's

Updated: May 20, 2025

The author accounts for it by observing that the Sultan is but a beginner in French, and probably meant by "civilization" arts and sciences. He saw the old Tartar throne, which puts one in mind of Attila's queen, Zingis's lieutenant, and Timour.

John Henry Newman - Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3): The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity