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chuan, or biographical part of the Yuan-shi, how weak and worn out he was, and that he had Burchu belonged to the tribe Arlat or Arulat." no flesh on his thighs, sighed aloud and said to The Altan Topchi calls him Kuluk Borgachi, Baraghul Noyan : "Be not sorrowful and disson of Lakhu-boyan. Ssanang Setzen calls ponding; I will take good care your legs are him Külük Boghorji, son of Nagho Boyan again covered with flesh,"38 of the tribe Aralad. Gaubil calls him Temujin was always faithful to his friends, Porgi. Rashidu'd-dîn calls him Bughurjin and Bughurjin became eventually commander of or Burguji, and also tells us be belonged to the right wing of the Mongol army and the first the tribe Arlat or Arulat."
subject of the Empire. Baghural was succesHe also reports another occasion on which sively promoted to the post of bukaul, i.e., he befriended Temujin in his young days. A chief cook; bavarchi, i.e., a kind of chamberlain ; party of a dozen Taijuts having suddenly centurion of the body-guard ; millenarian, chief appeared Temujin found himself with only of a tuman, i.e., of 10,000 men; and, lastly, Bughurjin and Buraghul or Burgal Noyan second to Baghurjin in command of the right of the tribe Hushin, " called Baghoral of the wing. He was killed in a fight with the tribe Ugushin by Seanang Setzen. He advanced Tumeds." bravely to meet the enemy. They shot twelve To return to Temajin. As we have seen, he arrows together at him, and he was struck in had left his betrothed in her father's house on the neck and the mouth and fainted through his return home at the time of his own father's pain. There was much snow about, and Burs- death. We are told in the Yuan-ch'ao-pi-shi ghul warmed a stone with which he melted some that he now set off with his brother Belgutei to of the snow and held his mouth over the steam fetch her home. He rode down the Kerulon which arose, so as to soften the clotted blood in until he reached the valley between the mounhis throat to enable him to breathe more freely. tains Chekcher and Chikbarkhu, where the As the snow fell thickly Baghurjin took off his father of his bride, Dai Setzen, lived. He was own mantle and held it over his friend to keep pleased to see him, and said he feared he might the snow off, and continued doing so till the not see him again, since the Taijuts had taken snow reached up to his own girdle. He even- such a dislike to him that it might have gone tually took him to his house. In the Yuan- badly with him. He now gave his daughter ch'ao-pi-shi this incident is also referred to, Barté to him for his wife, and he and his wife Burchu alone being mentioned. It is said that Sotan accompanied them on their way home he held his felt cloak over Temujin until dawn, again as far as Urakhchuel on the Kerulon. At only once changing from one foot to the other. that point he turned back, but his wife Sotan The locality where it happened is there said to went with the young couple right to their very have been Talannemurgesi, near the Tatar home and then returned. This was in accord. country. In the Yuan-shi the incident is ance with the Mongol custom, which prescribes attributed to Borchu and Mokhuli. A third that the relatives, except the father, shall acsaga of a similar kind is reported by Rashidu'd- company a bride to her new home. Temujin din. He says that once, when Temujin was now wished to have Burcha as a companion far from his people and pressed by the enemy, and he sent Belgutei for him. Without telling Baghurjin and Buraghul sought in mountain his father he set off at once on his hump-backed and plain for food for him but found none. tawny horse and wearing his black furskin, and They had a fishhook with them, with which thenceforward he was Temajin's constant com. they fished in the river and caught a great fish. panion. The latter now struck his tent on the Baghurjin Noyan wished to draw it out, but river Sangar and moved to the upper valley of failed on account of his terrible hunger and the Kerulon and planted himself at the foot of faintness and fell down. Temujin noticing the Bargi."
'id. note 117. * Erdmann, Temujin, p. 205.
» id. 209, D'Ohrson, p. 1, note 157. * Erdmann, pp. 205-206, D'Ohsson, Vol. I. pp. 43 " op. cit. page 116.
» Vide id. note 446.
» Erdmann, p. 206.
** Vide infra, D'Ohason, Vol. I. p. 157, note 1; Erdmann, p. 209.
5 i.e. the Birgadaba, a branch of the Kentei, southeast of the source of the Keralon.
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