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peace with him, and withdrew. In the of Altalun." The princess who married Huang-yuan this campaign is dated in the the Idikut was perhaps one of his natnr autumn of 1210, and the only town named daughters, or perhaps again merely a princess as captured by the Mongols is called Bei-van- of his house. The Idikut's descendants reigned miao. The ruler of Hia is called Shidurkhu." for a long time over the Uighurs as subordinates
This is the name by which he is known to to the Mongol Khakans and to the rulers of the Western writers, and taken together with the Chagatai plus. When the Idikut of the Uighurg habitual correspondence in details between the went to Chinghiz Khan's camp to pay his Huang-yuan and Rashid's narrative makes it devotions in person, there also went another not improbable that the former is a translation fendatory of the ruler of Karakhitai, namely, of or derived from the narrative of the great Arslan Khan of the Karluks. The Karluks Persian historian. Rashid adds nothing to these were the Western neighbours of the Uighurs acconta. He calls the captured town Erica, of Bishbalik. Their name, according to Rashid otherwise read Erlaka and Arlekhi," i.e. the | u'd-din, means in Turkish "inhabitants of the Uiraka previously named. On his return from snow," and they doubtless derived it from living this campaign Chinghiz Khân was met at his in the mountain district of the western Tian camp by the Idikut of the Uighurs and the shan. They filled a notable role in Asiatic chief of the Karluks. It seems that he had history in the 10th and 11th century, and were not been contented with the submissive attitude then doubtless the most powerful community of the former, but had sent him a yarligh or in Central Asia. They are generally referred to order to go to him in person with a present of by the Chinese writers as the Lion Hoei-hu, i.e. some rare object from his Treasury. The Yuan- the Lion Uighurs. This points to their having cha'o-pi-shi states that he took with him gold been a section of the Uighurs, a view confirmed and silver and precious stones and rich stuffs, by the name they bear in the Yuan-ch'ao-pi-shi, and went to do homage to Chinghiz, who gave where they are called Veiu Kharlu, i.e. the him his daughter Alchaltun in marriage." The Uighur Karluks." Rashida'd-din also expressly Yuan-shi tells us that Chinghiz was encamped calls them a branch of the Uïgburs. Their conon the river K'ie-lu-lien, i.e. the Kerulon, in the version to Muhammedanism in the beginning spring of 1211, when the Idikut arrived at his of the 10th century created a marked distinccamp, and requested permission to present sometion between them and their Eastern neighbours horses and dogs to his sons. Chinghiz was the Uighurs properly so called, who remained pleased with him, and gave him his daughter, Buddbists. Their chiefs occur frequently in the Ye-li-andun, and received him as a son." history of the 10th century as invading MaveraRashidu'd-din calls this princess Altun-bigai." un-nehr, their dynasty being sometimes known It seems she was only betrothed and died as that of the Khâns of Turkestan. Gregorief before the marriage could be consummated." referred to them as the Kara Khanids from In another place Erdmann, apparently on the Kara Khan who was the first of them to be con authority of Rashidu'd-din, makes Altalun or verted to Muhammedanism. He also identified Altalukhan, as he also calls her, marry Javerthe Kara Khanids and their subjects with the Sajan, the son of Thaiju Gurkan, the chief of Karluks of the days of Chinghiz Khân. The Olkhonud, who was the brother of Chinghiz Karluks apparently dominated over Kashgar Khân's mother." Nor is the Idikut named as and the surrounding country and also over the wife of any of his daughters in the tabulat- Almalik and Kaialik and the country about lake ed account of Chinghiz Khan's family given by Issikal, being feudally subject to the Chief of Rashidu'd-din, but there seems to be some con- Kara Khitai. They had their capital, according fusion in the MSS. of Rashid about the marriage to Rasbida'd-dîn, at Almalik. At the time we
of Gaubil, pp. 12 and 13.
es Op. cit., p. 182. * D'Ohason, vol. I, pp. 106 and 107, notes: Erdmann, Temudachin, note 195
10 Erdmann, p. 314. 11 Op. cit., p. 131.
+ Bretschneider, Notices, eto. p. 123 ; Hyacinthe, p. 45; Douglas, p. 60; DeMailla, tomo IX, p. 4. 1 D'Oheson, vol. I, p. 111; Erdmann, p. 315.
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* Bretschneider, p. 181. 15 Temu dachin, eto. p. 145. " See Erdmann, Temudachin, p. 45.
" See Erdmann, op. cit., p. 201 note; Beresine, vol. I, p. 153 and side 312.
Bretachneider, Notices, eto, p. 145.
Op. cit., p. 110 and note 407. 0 Erdmann, p. 246.
