Like the rush of a torrent, his armies swept along until they entered the vast wilds of Turkomania.

Here the "great and the mighty Saladin" had reigned, extending his sway from the Caspian Sea to the Ganges, dictating laws even to the Caliph at Bagdad, who was the Pope of the Mohammedans.

Mahomet II.

now held the throne, a prince so haughty and warlike, that he arrogated the name of the second Alexander the Great.

With two such spirits heading their armies, a horrible war ensued.