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History of the Mongols, From the 9th to the 19th Century; The Mongols of Persia
History of the Mongols From the 9th to the 19th Century The Mongols of Persia Author:Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1880 Original Publisher: Longmans, Green, and co. Subjects: Mongols Asia Tatars Kalmyks History / Asia / General History / Asia / China History / Medieval History / Asia / Central Asia Travel / Asia / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint o... more »f the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. KHULAGU KHAN. KHULAGU was the fifth son of Tului, the youngest son of Jingis Khan. His mother was Suirkukteni, the niece of the Kerait chief, Wang Khan, and daughter of his brother Jakembo. Me was thus own brother of the two great Khakans, Mangu and Khubilai, and of Arikbuka, who contested the claims of Khubilai to the empire of the Mongol world. He was born about the year 12i6. He is first mentioned in the winter of 1224 and 1225, when he was nine years old and his brother Khubilai was eleven. Jingis Khan was returning home after his great campaign' when he was met near the river Imil by the two boys just named, his grandsons. Khubilai had killed a hare on the way, and Khulagu had captured a deer, and as it was customary for the Mongols to draw blood from the middle finger of boys when they first engaged in hunting, and to mingle it with some food and fat, the operation we are told on this occasion was performed by Jingis Khan in person. He was thirty-five years old when, at his brother Mangu's bidding, he undertook his famous campaign in the West, to which we shall now turn. This was one of the expeditions decided upon at the great kuriltai held at the accession of Mangu, in 1251 ; the other one being directed against China, under the orders of Khubilai. As a preparatory measure a Naiman, called Kitubuka, styled baverji or the butler, was sent in July, 1252, with an advance col...« less