Gibbon, and to the account which he has given of the final conquest of Constantinople by the Turks. The historical truth of this it is necessary now to advert to, and this will be done by a reference to Mr. And here it is impossible not to advert to the historical fact that they were among the first to make use of gunpowder in their wars, and that to the use of this destructive element they owed much of their success, and their ultimate triumphs. The only question now is, whether in the warfare of the Turks there was anything which would peculiarly or remarkably justify this description. Looking now upon a body of cavalry in the heat of an engagement, it would seem, if the cause were not known, that the horses belched forth smoke and sulphurous flame. (9.) The remarkable appearance of the cavalry : "Having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone." It was remarked in the exposition of this passage, that this is just such a description as would be given of an army to which the use of gunpowder was known, and which made use of it in these wars. Elliott adds, "It only needs to have seen the Turkish cavalry, (as they were before the late innovations,) whether in war itself, or in the djerrid war's mimicry, to leave an impression of the absolute necessity of some such notice of their rich and varied colourings, in order to give in description at all a just impression of their appearance," i. Daubuz justly remarks, that "from their first appearance the Ottomans have affected to wear warlike apparel of scarlet, blue, and yellow: a descriptive trait the more marked from its contrast to the military appearance of the Greeks, Franks, or Saracens contemporarily." Mr. On the application of this passage to the Turks, Mr. The fact of the application of the symbol to the Turks in general must be determined from other points in the symbol which designate them clearly the only natural inquiry here is, whether this description would apply to the Turkish hosts, for if it would not, that would be fatal to the whole interpretation. This might, undoubtedly, be applicable to other armies besides the Turkish hordes but the proper question here is, whether it would be applicable to them. (8.) Their personal appearance : "Them that sat on them having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone"-as explained above, in a "uniform" of red, and blue, and yellow. " One thing is clear, that to no other invading hosts could the language here used be so well applied, and, if it were supposed that John was writing after the event, this would be the language which he would be likely to employ-for this is nearly the identical language employed by the historian Gibbon. Gibbon speaks of the myriads of the Turkish horse, or of the cavalry of the earlier Turks of Mount Altai, "being, both men and horses, proudly computed by myriads. 270 ) so that it is not without his usual propriety of language that Mr. ![]() ![]() The dignity and rank of Tamerlane's father and grandfather was thus described, that "they were the hereditary chiefs of a toman, or 10,000 horse"-a myriad, (Gibbon, iv. In the Seljukian age, the population of Samarcand was rated at seven tomans, (myriads,) because it could send out 70,000 warriors. This custom, it is true, has existed elsewhere, but there is probably none with whom it has been so familiar as with the Tartars and Turks. It has been suggested by Daubuz that in this there may be probably an allusion to the Turkman custom of numbering by tomans, or myriads. 94) says, "The myriads of Turkish horse overspread," etc. ![]() (7.) Their numbers : "And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand." That is, it was vast, or it was such as to be reckoned by myriads, or by tens of thousands- δυομυριαδεςμυριαδων two myriads of myriads. Rev 9:21 | Barnes | STEP | This is part 2 of 4 Parts of the Note for Revelation 9:20-21.
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