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

THE SUCCESSORS OF GENGHIS KHAN
names were Toqan and Ebugen, brought the news of Mongke Qa'an's
death. And when Qubilai Qa'an realized that the news was true, he
left the army and mourned for his brother. He was now left alone in
the Nangiyas country, and Hiilegii Khan was in the West, in the
Tazlk country, both of them at a great distance from the capital.
When, therefore, Ar'iq Boke heard the news of his brother's death, his
glance fell upon the throne and the Empire, and the emirs and attendants
encouraged him in this until he rose in rebellion against Qubilai
Qa'an. The general and particular history of Ar'iq Boke [and] the
sons of Mongke Qa'an, Asutai and Uriing-Tash, will all be included
in the history of Qubilai Qa'an, if God so wills.137
The history of Mongke Qa'an and the detailed account of the events
of his reign are now complete, and we shall begin recording, briefly
and concisely, if God Almighty so wills, the history of the Emperors of
Khitai and Machin and the emirs, caliphs, sultans, maliks, and atabegs
of the lands of Persia, Syria, Egypt, and the West that were contemporary
with him, from the beginning of the qaqa yil, corresponding to the
year 648/1250 to the end of the moghayil, falling in Muharram of the
year 655 [January-February, 1257].