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

THE SUCCESSORS OF GENGHIS KHAN
Nasir al-Din,196 to take his place as governor of Qara-Jang. He was
vizier for 25 years, and no informer ever appeared against him and no
misfortune ever befell him. He died a natural death; and this was a
great marvel. Nasir al-DIn remained governor of Qara-Jang and came
to make submission to the Qa'an. He died during the last 5 years and
was buried in his own garden in Khan-Baliq. Previously, Nasir al-Din's
son, Abu Bakr by name, now called Bayan Finjan, had been sent as
governor to the town of Zaitun.
When Saiyid Ajall died, the Emir Ahmad Fanakati197 became the
Qa'an's vizier, and the loosening and binding of affairs was in his
hands. When Chabui Khatun was still in her father's house, the Emir
Ahmad had some close connection with them. Therefore, when she
became the Qa'an's wife, he was in attendance at her ordo. He acquired
authority, became one of the great emirs, and obtained control of the
Empire. The Khitayan emirs, out of envy, were ill disposed toward
him. Jim-Gim too had a dislike for him, to such an extent that one
day he struck him on the head with a bow and split his face open.
When he came before the Qa'an, the latter asked: " What has happened
to thy face?" He replied that he had been kicked by a horse. Jim-
Gim, who was present, was offended and said: "Art thou ashamed to say
that Jim-Gim hit thee?" And he punched him a number of times with
his fist in the Qa'an's presence. Ahmad was always afraid of him.
In the summer of that year, when the Qa'an was leaving the town of
Daidu for his summer residence, he put Ahmad and an emir called
Tergen of the Qiipchaq people in charge of the Divan and treasuries
to guard the qarshi. The Khitayan emirs who were present in attendance,
moved by feelings of long-standing envy and hatred, began to
plot against his life.