For these recent and domestic transactions, Arabshah, though a partial, is a credible, witness (tom. i. c. 64 - 68, tom. ii. c. 1 - 14). Timour must have been odious to a Syrian; but the notoriety of facts would have obliged him, in some measure, to respect his enemy and himself. His bitters may correct the luscious sweets of Sherefeddin (l. v. c. 17 - 29)