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When Mangku Kaan, after his enthronement (1251), determined at a great

_Kurultai_ or Diet, on perfecting the Mongol conquests, he entrusted his
brother Kbli with the completion of the subjugation of China and the
adjacent countries, whilst his brother Hulaku received the command of the
army destined for Persia and Syria
When Mangku Kaan, after his enthronement (1251), determined at a great
_Kurultai_ or Diet, on perfecting the Mongol conquests, he […]

—-’Hounds, and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,


Thus John of Monte Corvino, afterwards Archbishop of Cambaluc or Peking,


Meanwhile Messer Marco chanced to return from India, whither he had gone


Professor Bruun thinks he finds a warrior much better answering to the


‘Kyrkes they made of Crystene Lawe,


[6] After the death of Kúblái astronomy fell into neglect, and when


OF THE CITY OF CHANDU, AND THE KAAN”S PALACE THERE


[The _Yuen-shi_ in ch


The people have an ornate style of speech; they salute each other with a