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

BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY OF MONGKE QA AN
their case to his auspicious attention. All the functionaries of Court
and the pillars of state [were of the opinion] that there was no obligation
to pay the amount due on this transaction out of the Emperor's
treasury and that no mortal would have cause to object [if payment was
refused]. Nevertheless, the Emperor spread the wing of generosity
over them all and gave orders for the whole sum to be met from the
finances of his Empire. It amounted to more than 500,000 silver
bdlish, and had he withheld it none would have had cause to object.
This is an example of his royal customs and practices, from which one
can deduce his behavior in other matters.173
173 This is simply a reproduction, almost verbatim, of p. 221.
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