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defeat of Jalalu'd-din Chinghiz went up the river that in the spring of 1223, Chinghiz marched of Shin (i.e.) the Indus, took the city of Bat- northwards along the Sin-tze-sa, i.e. the Indus. kesie (P), arrived at the rivers of Ekie-horohan He spent the summer on the River Ba-la-wan and Geun-horohan (doubtless the Gunaun Kur- (Peruan), and defeated the enemy in the neighghan of Rashidu'd-din already mentioned whichbourhood. After the arrival of the corps under was no river, buta hill, Kurghan meaning amound Ba-la he again advanced to the fort of Ke-un, or hill), and pitched his camp at Baruan Keber, where the third prince, i.e. Ogotai, also arrived, i.e. the plain of Peruan. The same authority He then placed a da-lu-hua-chi, i.e. darugha, tells us that Chinghiz spent a year in the in every city, and returned homewards." mountains of Altan-horhuan," where the king While Chinghiz was in this mountain district of the Muhammadans was accustomed to he was visited by the famous Taouist philosopher encamp. In the Yuan-shi we read, under the Ch'ang-Ch'un, whom he had summoned to his year 1223 :-"In order to avoid the heat of presence as I have mentioned in a previous sammer the Emperor moved to the valley chapter. I described how he obeyed the great (or river) Ba-lu-wan, i.e. Peruan, after which conqueror's summons, and how he and his he was joined by the princes Juchi, Ch'a-ho-tai, companions left Peking and traversed the Kuand Wo-k'uo-tai, and the general Ba-la, on yung Pass in the Great Wall. Soon after they their return from their expeditions. When meta band of robbers, who, however, did them no the conquered realms in the Si-ya," were harm, but passed on, saying, "We do not harm the pacified, da-lu-huach'ils were appointed to master." Having reached Te-hing, now Pao-augovern them." Again, in the year 1224, the chau, N. W. of Peking and south of Saan-huaemperor advanced as far as Tungyiu-dukuo, fa, they passed the summer and winter of 1220 where he met the Kintaan, and then turned there, in the temple of Lung-yang-kuan. back. So In the Kang-mu we read that Chinghiz In the autumn Ali-sien arrived as & mesrecrossed the river Sinmotsi with his army, and senger from Ochin (Ochigin), Chinghiz Khân's returned westwards. Having made himself youngest brother, asking Ch'ang-Ch'un to call master of the city of Seistan he went to pass on him on his way to the emperor. Early the summer heats on the river Balu-wan, i.e. in February, 1221, the travellers again set out, Peruan, and subjected all the neighbouring the old sage promising his sorrowful disciples tribes, and having reached the fortress of K'o that he would be back in three years. They he nominated Tar-hah-tsi-wen" or governors passed Tsui-ping-k'u, a defile 30 li west of in each town of Si-yu, and then continued Kalgan, and next day the mountains Ye-hu-ling. his march." The Yuan-shi-lei-pien says that “The mountain air was delicious," says the Chinghiz having passed the great heats at a biographer. "Towards the north were only cold, place called Pa-lu-wan, Juchi, and his brothers sandy deserts and parched grass. These are the and the generals assembled there, and a form limits of the broath of Chinese nature. We saw of government was devised for the western a field of battle, covered with bleached bones." conquests, and this was the first occasion that Proceeding northwards they passed Fu-chau, Chinghiz appointed in addition to military com- the Kara-balghasun of the Mongols, 30 miles manders Ta-lu-hoa (darughas), i.e. Mandarins, from Kalgan on the road from Peking to Kiawho had seals and decided causes. After report- khta. It is called Little Yen, i.e. Little Peking, ing the story about Yeliu Chutsai already men- in one of Ch'ang-Ch'an's poems. Passing the tioned, the author of this work goes on to say lake Kai-li, probably the K'ole-hu of the Chinese what is indeed most probable, that seeing that maps, they five days later passed the earthen the leaders of the army were weary of a war in Rampart, traversing Southern Mongolia, called such a distant country, Chinghiz said he wished Ming-ch'ang, from its having been built in the to return to Tartary." The Huang-yuan tells us years so styled, 1190-1196, by the Kin emperor 16 Altan Kurghan, the golden hills.
Gunaun-kurghan above cited. 15 Bretschneider, Notes, p. 65.
* ibid. p. 63, note 107; De Mailla, vol. IX, p. 116. * 1.6. Juchi, Jagatai and Ogotai. The mention of » Gaubil, pp. 41 and 43. Jachi, as we shall see, is a mistake.
** Bretschneider, Notes, eto., p. 67. "1.e. Western regions.
1.8. darughar.
"Bretaohneider, Notor on Chin. Kod Travellers, ato. The kingdom of Eastern Yindu or Hindu. * ibid. pp. 63 and 64.
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