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“The Koran emphasizes that the highest dignity to which man may attain is to wage war in person upon the enemies of the Faith. This is why the great Tamerlane was always concerned to exterminate the infidels, as much to acquire merit as from love of glory.”

— Timur

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Title: Wikiquote: Timur
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Timur. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Timur. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Timur

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