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HISTORY OF JOGHI KHAN<br />

In his childhood and youth, Jochi <strong>Khan</strong> had sought in marriage a<br />

daughter <strong>of</strong> Jagambo" called Bek-Tutmish Fujin, the sister <strong>of</strong> Ibaqa<br />

Beki, the wife <strong>of</strong> Chingiz-<strong>Khan</strong>, and <strong>of</strong> Sorqoqtani Beki, the wife <strong>of</strong><br />

Tolui <strong>Khan</strong>. She was Jochi <strong>Khan</strong>'s eldest wife; apart from her he had<br />

many wives and concubines and many children by them. According to<br />

reliable informants he had nearly forty sons, and grandchildren<br />

without number descended from them. However, on account <strong>of</strong> the<br />

great distance and because no authority could be found, it has not<br />

been possible to ascertain their genealogies with exactitude, but such <strong>of</strong><br />

his sons and grandsons as are well known shall be described in detail.<br />

And God Almighty knows best what is right.<br />

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