The Successors of Genghis Khan - Robert Bedrosian's Armenian ...

THE SUCCESSORS OF GENGHIS KHAN
Fifth Son of Orda—Chormaqai
He also had no children, and his wives are unknown.
Sixth Son of Orda—Qutuqu
It is not known whether or not he had any children.
Seventh Son of Orda—Hiilegii
He had two senior wives, one of these called Soluqu36 Khatun of the
37 people and the other 38 of the Qrpchaq people: by
them he had two sons, Temiir-Buqa and Olqutu.
His name was Hiile'u, and he had no children. The children attributed
to him are those of Qutuqu. This was ascertained from the books of
genealogies which are most trustworthy. And God knows best.39
First Son of Hiilegii—Temiir-Buqa. He had four senior wives: the
first, Kokejin, the daughter of Yisiin Noyan, of the Qpnqiirat people;
the second, Arghun-Tegin of the Arghun40 people, the daughter of
Quri-Qpchghar; the third, Qutujin of the 4I people; and the
fourth, Bayalun of the Qpnqi'rat, the sister of Qutui Khatun, the wife of
Hulegii Khan. Apart from these, he also had concubines. The aforesaid
wives had six sons: (i) Kiiiluk, born of Kokejin; (2) Buqa-Temiir,
born of Arghun-Tegin; (3) Jangqut, by Qutujin; (4) Toqa-Temiir,
whose mother was Bayalun; (5) Saisi, also by Qutujin; and (6)
Ushanan, also born of Kokejin.
Second Son of Hiilegii—Olqutu. He was born of the aforesaid 42
Khatun and had four sons in the order in which they are enumerated:
Och-Qurtuqa, Besh-Qurtuqa,43 Buqa-Temiir, and Derek.
36 Verkhovsky has Sulukan (Soluqan).
37 Blank in all the MSS.
38 Verkhovsky has Turbarchin.
39 All of this paragraph, according to Blochet, is a marginal note occurring in only
one of his MSS: the information it contains agrees with the data of the Mu'izz al-Ansdb.
In Verkhovsky it is placed before the preceding paragraph.
40 See above, p. i o i, note a i. 4I Blank in all the MSS.
42 See above, note 38.
43 The names are Turkish and mean, respectively, "Three Old Women" and
"Five Old Women." For the former, Verkhovsky has Uch-Buqa, that is, "Three
Oxen." Presumably the old women had been present at the birth. It was the Mongol
custom to name a child after the first person or thing that caught the mother's eye
after her confinement. Cf. above, p. 25, note 68.
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