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

HISTORY OF JOCHI KHAN
First Son of Toqoqan—Tartu. He had wives and concubines, but their
names are not known. He had two sons: Tole-Buqa,57 whose children
are not known, and Konchek, who had a son called Boz-Buqa.
Second Son of Toqoqan—Mongke-Temiir.^ This Mongke-Temiir had
wives and concubines, and the names of all three senior wives are
known: Oljei of the Qpnq'irat people, Sultan Khatun of the Ushin59
people, and Qutuqui60 Khatun of the^ 6l people. He had ten
sons, in the following order: Alqui, born of Oljei; Abachi; Todeken,
born of Sultan Khatun; Borliik, born of Qutuqui Khatun; Toqta,62
born of Oljeitii Khatun, the sister of Kelmish-Aqa, the sister of
Mongke Qa'an, who was the wife of Saljidai Kiiregen (Toqta is
now the ruler of the ulus of Jochi and has two wives, one called Bulaghan
and the other Tiikiinche, of the Qpnqirat people, and one son called
);63 Sarai-Buqa; Molaqai;64 Qadan; Qpduqai;65 and Toghril-
cha.66
Ended with the aid of God and His excellent guidance.
Third Son of Toqoqan—Tode-Mongke.67 His mother and Mongke-
Temiir's was Kochii Khatun, the sister of Oljei Khatun and the
Pelliot (Horde d'Or, p. 44, note i) suggests that this curious lack of information may be
due to a conspiracy of silence imposed upon the Muslim world by Sartaq's uncle and
successor, Berke (1258-1266), a bigoted convert to Islam.
57 Marco Polo's Tolobuga. He ruled the Golden Horde from 1287 to 1291. See
Spuler 1943, pp. 70-72, Vernadsky, pp. 178-85; also below, pp. 124-26.
58 The successor of Berke, he ruled the Horde from 1266 or the beginning of 1267
until 1280. See Spuler 1943, pp. 52-62, and Vernadsky, pp. 163-74; a^so below,
pp.123-24.
59 On the Ushin or Hiishin, see Khetagurov, pp. 171-72, and Campagnes, pp.
72-73-
60 Qutui in Verkhovsky's text. 6l Blank in all the MSS.
62 Toqta or Toqto—on the name see Horde d'Or, pp. 67-71—was the ruler of the
Golden Horde from 1291 to 1312. See Spuler 1943, pp. 72—85, and Vernadsky, pp.
185-95; a'so below, pp. 126-30.
63 Blank in all Blochet's MSS. He had three sons according to Verkhovsky's text:
Yavarish (Yabush?), Iksar (?), and Tugel-Buka, the latter two being the El-Basar
and Tiikel-Buqa of the Egyptian sources. See Horde d' Or, pp. 71—72 and note 4.
64 Holaqai according to Verkhovsky's text, which gives him a son called Ulus-Buqa.
65 Qpduqan according to Verkhovsky's text, which also mentions a son—Kiinges.
66 Verkhovsky's text also names his son Oz-Beg, the future ruler of the Golden
Horde (1313-1341), on whom see Horde d'Or, pp. 92-94, Spuler 1943, pp. 85-99,
and Vernadsky, pp. 195-204.
67 Successor of Mongke-Temiir (1280-1287). See Spuler 1943, pp. 63—70, and
Vernadsky, pp. 174-82; also below, p. 124.
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