What happens to Tamburlaine at the end of Tamburlaine the Great?

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In the two-part play Tamburlaine the Great, the protagonist's journey concludes with his death.1

While the first part of the play was originally intended to end with Tamburlaine’s marriage to Zenocrate and his establishment of a truce, the immense popularity of the work led Christopher Marlowe to write a sequel that follows the conqueror until his demise. In the second part, Tamburlaine continues his relentless military campaigns despite his declining health. His human vulnerability is underscored by the onset of a fatal illness, which occurs immediately after his arrogant act of burning the Qur'ān. Ultimately, the play presents a complex vision of the hero, balancing his immense grandeur with his inevitable physical impotence and death.12