Chinghiz Khan

Kúblái descends from Chinghiz Khan and inherits the Mongol imperial lineage. A note reports that Chinghiz recognized the young Kúblái’s promise and urged his followers to heed him.

The commentary identifies Abika, a niece of Aung Khan, as one of Chinghiz Khan’s wives; it disputes the separate account that he married Aung Khan’s daughter.

Chagatai is identified as a son of Chinghiz Khan in the historical context of the Mongol rulers.

The commentary identifies Kijin Bigi as Chinghiz’s daughter; she was proposed as a bride for Kush Buka.

The commentary recounts a tradition that the beautiful Queen of Tangut passed into Chinghiz’s tents after his conquest and caused him bodily harm before drowning herself.

Kush Buka was Aung Khan’s grandson and was proposed as a husband for Chinghiz’s daughter Kijin Bigi.

The commentary’s corrected succession places Kuyuk after Okkodai, among the descendants who inherited Chinghiz’s rule.

Mangu Kaan appears in the line of Kaans descending from Chinghiz and is named as a later ruler whose death prompted the account of funeral practices.

The commentary identifies Okkodai as Chinghiz’s immediate successor in the actual succession of supreme Kaans.

Chinghiz married one of his daughters to Po-yao-ho, Alahush’s son; the notes say that marriage produced no children.

The notes state that Chinghiz married a niece of Aung Khan, Serḳuḳteni Bigi, who became the wife of his son Tului.

Tului is identified as a son of Chinghiz Khan in the Mongol succession.

Juji is identified in the commentary as Chinghiz’s son and was proposed as a husband for Jaur Bigi.

Alahush, head of the Wang-Ku of Yn-shan, transferred his allegiance from the Kin to Chinghiz.

The text says Chingkim was named for Chinghiz Khan, whom it calls the first Lord of the Tartars.

The commentary says a proposed marriage between Jaur Bigi, Aung Khan’s daughter, and Chinghiz’s son Juji fell through and contributed to the breach between the two rulers.

Sanang Setzen’s account, quoted in the commentary, identifies Kiluken Bahadur as one of Chinghiz’s old comrades. He mourns the Khan in a song during the funeral procession.

The commentary describes Rabbanta as a Nestorian monk who lived in the confidence of Chinghiz’s wife and used divination to make revelations to the Tartars.

A funeral tradition recounted in the commentary associates Chinghiz’s equerry with the Khan’s burial rites; his ashes were said to be preserved as a relic.

Ye-liu Ch'u-ts'ai served Chinghiz Khan as a high counsellor and astronomer, accompanying him on western campaigns.

The commentary calls Yeh-lü Ch'u-ts'ai Chinghiz’s minister and recounts that he chose books and rhubarb from Tangut’s booty; the rhubarb later helped save Mongol lives during an epidemic.

In a story cited in the commentary, Chinghiz’s wife directs him to the bishop Mar Denha after Chinghiz dreams of a religious figure. Chinghiz thereafter treats Christians more mildly and gives them distinctions.

The commentary identifies Aung Khan, also called Prester John, as a ruler whom Chinghiz ultimately defeated. Aung Khan’s officers captured and killed him after he fled.

Aung Khan’s son plotted to kill Chinghiz, making him an adversary in the worsening conflict.

The narrative presents Chinghiz as having been Prester John’s tributary, then breaking away and refusing tribute. Their conflict escalates when Chinghiz seeks Prester John’s daughter in marriage, receives an insulting refusal, and marches to war against him.