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

THE SUCCESSORS OF GENGHIS KHAN
unable to move, and you, the inis, are all there; therefore concern
yourselves with whatever is necessary." Little was done, however,
except for dealings with merchants. Most of the time Oghul-Qaimish
was closeted with the qams, carrying out their fantasies and absurdities.
As for Khwaja and Naqu, they set up two courts in opposition to their
mother, so that in one place there were three audience chambers of
different rulers. Elsewhere also the princes made dealings and issued
orders in accordance with their own wishes. And because of the differences
between mother, sons, and the rest, and their divergent counsels
and policies, affairs passed out of their control. As for Chinqai, he was
perplexed in the conduct of affairs, and no one listened to his words
and advice. And of their kinsfolk, Sorqoqtani Beki used to send words
of admonishment and counsel, but the sons in their childishness
behaved in an arbitrary manner, and with the encouragement of
Yesii-Mongke [they] continued to misrule until the Khanate was
settled upon Mongke Qa'an and public affairs were strung upon the
string of order.
This is the history of Giiyuk Khan that has been written.
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