This diary is probably one of the most detailed and accurate eyewitness accounts of the siege and fall of Constantinople. Barbaro was a surgeon and a member of the patricians of Venice. His account focuses on the activities of the Venetians defending the city.

These are the Memoirs of Muhammad Babur, 1483-1530, who is the great-great-great grandson of Timur (Tamerlane). In these memoirs it tells the tale of the prince and his struggles to assert and defend his claim to the throne of Samarkand and other lands. He was driven out and sought territory in northern India where his descendants where the Mughals who'd ultimately rule Delhi until 1858.

This is considered a manifesto of the khan of the Jin. It declared war against the Ming Dynasty listing the following grievances:

1. The killing of Nurhaci's father and grandfather without reason;

2. The suppression of Jianzhou and favoring Yehe and Hada clans;

3. Violating agreements of territories with Nurhaci;

4. Sending troops to protect Yehe against Jianzhou;

5. Supporting Yehe to break its promises to Nurhaci;

6. Forcing Nurhaci to give up the lands in Chaihe, Sancha and Fuan; and

7. The official Shang Bozhi abusing his power and riding over the people.