himself emperor of that continent, Tamburlaine sets his eyes on Damascus, a target which places the Egyptian sultan, his to-be father-in-law, directly in his path. Zenocrate pleads with her future husband to spare her father. He complies, instead making the sultan a tributary king. The play ends with the wedding of Tamburlaine and Zenocrate, who is crowned Empress of Persia. In Part 2, Tamburlaine grooms his sons to be conquerors in his wake as he continues to attack neighbouring kingdoms. His oldest son, Calyphas, preferring to stay by his mother's side and not risk death, incurs Tamburlaine's wrath. Meanwhile, the son of Bajazeth, Callapine, escapes from Tamburlaine's jail and gathers a group of tributary kings to his side, planning to avenge his father. Callapine and Tamburlaine meet in battle, where Tamburlaine is victorious. But finding that Calyphas remained in his tent during the battle, Tamburlaine kills him in anger. Tamburlaine then forces the defeated kings to pull his chariot to his next battlefield, declaring, Holla ye pampered jades of Asia! What, can ye draw but twenty miles a day? Upon reaching Babylon, which holds out against him, Tamburlaine displays further acts of extravagant savagery. When the governor of the city attempts to save his life in return for revealing the city treasury, Tamburlaine has him hanged from the city walls and shot. He orders the inhabitants—men, women, and children—to be bound and thrown into a nearby lake. Lastly, Tamburlaine scornfully burns a copy of the Qur'an and claims to be greater than God. In the final act, he becomes ill but manages to defeat one more foe before he dies. He bids his sons to conquer the remainder of the earth as he departs life. Characters In both Parts Tamburlaine – in Part 1 a Scythian shepherd; in Part 2 King of Persia Techelles – in Part 1 a follower of Tamburlaine; in Part 2 King of Fez Usumcasane – in Part 1 a follower of Tamburlaine; in Part 2 King of Morocco Theridamas – in Part 1 a Persian lord, later a follower of Tamburlaine; in Part 2 King of Algiers Zenocrate – daughter of the Soldan of Egypt; in Part 2 wife of Tamburlaine Only in Part 1 Mycetes – King of Persia Cosroe – brother of Mycetes Ceneus – a Persian lord Ortygius – a Persian lord Meander – a Persian lord Menaphon – a Persian lord