Harold Lamb

Name: The Making of the Morning Star — Chapter IX
Author: Harold Lamb

The Making of the Morning Star… (1924)

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“The Making of the Morning Star — Chapter IX”, published in 1924, is a work by Harold Lamb. It explores elements such as Muhammad, Bokhara and Osman.

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Harold Lamb, The Making of the Morning Star… (1924)

“ If the gates are opened to Genghis Khan he will slay no man; if the gates are shut no man will live.”
Curiously Robert studied the Mongol, the first of that race he had seen. The warrior was strongly built, and horse and man remained as tranquil as if the rider had never known any other seat than the saddle. Chatagai stared for a long time at a dried and wrinkled head stuck upon a spear by the gate, seeming to take especial interest in this one grim remnant among the many skulls about the gate.
“Can you bend this bow?” Robert asked the archer. ”

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Harold Lamb, The Making of the Morning Star… (1924)

“ A fair long bow, seest thou, is a goodly thing when a siege is toward, and I pray thee——”
But the knight waited not to hear how Bunsley had managed to gather his tidings. Putting his horse to a gallop, followed by his escort and the minstrel and archer, he made for the eastern gate. Riding with loose rein, he glanced about him and saw that in the bazaar the merchants were hurrying to gather the goods from their stalls and that men ran about shouting aimlessly. As when the Shah passed through, crowds of slaves and women lined the housetops to stare at the fires on the skyline. ”

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Harold Lamb, The Making of the Morning Star… (1924)

“ If Muhammad remained away from Bokhara and the city should be besieged for a long time, the possession of the treasure would mean power to the holder. Robert did not intend to let Osman put his hand on it. One thing puzzled him; if Osman knew where it was hidden, what had kept the wazir from seizing the treasure? And who was the Manslayer, that men who had never set eyes upon him should fear him? ”

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Harold Lamb, The Making of the Morning Star… (1924)

“ Robert, aware of the mullah at his elbow, turned in his saddle.
“O hadji, is it fitting that the leader of your warriors should stretch his cloak in an alley and have the sky for a roof?”
The keeper of the temple started, eyed the knight keenly a moment and nodded gravely.
“True. A house shall be made ready in the garden quarter by the river, and slaves——”
“To this house,” Robert suggested to Osman, “the blind priest and the archer can be sent before the hour is ended.” ”

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Harold Lamb, The Making of the Morning Star… (1924)

“ This explained somewhat the readiness with which Muhammad left his personal hoard of riches behind. And Robert fancied that if he had tried to bear off the treasure the atabegs and the garrison would have made trouble. Pretending disbelief, he asked if a guard should not be set about the place where the treasure was kept.
Nur-Anim turned aside to take up some sugared fruit.
“There be watchers that stand over the Throne of Gold. For a hundred moons they have watched, and not Osman himself would dare draw sword against them.” ”

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Harold Lamb, The Making of the Morning Star… (1924)

“ He dares to utter the warning that the person of an envoy was sacred before the time of Muhammad the Slave; he says God alone knows what will be the issue of this. Ai-a, shall we cut him down?”
“He goes free!” growled Robert.
The Mongol glanced briefly at the tall crusader and at Abdullah. Then, lifting his hand to his forehead and lips, he jerked the pony about in its tracks and swept through the gate with his men after him. In an instant they had vanished into the dust and the night. ”

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Harold Lamb, The Making of the Morning Star… (1924)

“ If Muhammad had chosen one of them for ameer the jealousy of the others would have flared up, and the leader would have had his hands full with the pack. Whereas, led by a stranger, they might fight well; at least until the fighting around Bokhara was at an end, and Robert was glad to learn that he had such men among the garrison. ”

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Harold Lamb, The Making of the Morning Star… (1924)

“ From the crowd he picked out the Turkoman beg who had talked about killing him, and the man knelt with quivering cheeks, evidently expecting that he would be given over to torture. Instead he was bade to select a hundred riders and set out to the east to establish an advanced post beyond sight of the city. ”

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