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

THE SUCCESSORS OF GENGHIS KHAN
business of the throne and kingdom is a difficult business: let Ogetei
administer it. But as for such things as my yurt and house and the
property, treasures, and troops that I have gathered together, let these
be all administered by Tolui." And whenever he consulted with his
sons about this, they, seeing it to be their father's counsel, would all
agree to it and support it. Finally, when a disease overtook him in the
land of the Tangqut,12 as has been mentioned,13 he held a private
meeting and made [Ogetei] his heir, settling the throne and the
Khanate upon him. He also assigned a [special] path to each of his
sons, saying: "Whoever has a desire for ,14 let him join Jochi,
And whoever wishes to have a good knowledge of iheyosun,ls manners,
and biligs, let him go to Chaghatai. And whoever has an inclination
for generosity and liberality and seeks wealth and riches, let him
approach Ogetei. And whoever wishes for valor, and fame, and the
defeat of armies, and the capture of kingdoms, and world conquest,
let him attend upon Tolui." He also had established his sons and the
emirs and the army and, as has been set forth in his history, had
given each of them his separate allotted share.