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

BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY OF QUBILAI QA'AN
other princes and princesses are all buried there except Qubilai
Qa'an.
Of Ar'iq Boke's wives, one was El-Ch'iqmish of the Oirat people.
The second was Qutuqta Khatun of the Kucrmgiir people, who are a
group of the Naiman.287 By her he had two daughters. The elder was
Chaluqan Aqa, who was given in marriage to Nayanqa Kiiregen of
the Baya'ut. The daughter of this Chaluqan is married to Melik-
Temiir, and her name is Negiider. She lives in thejwi and residence of
Sorqoqtani Beki. He has another daughter by her, called Qamtai,
who is not yet married. The other daughter [of Qutuqta Noyan] is
called Nomoghan; she was given in marriage to Choban Kiiregen of the
Oirat. The third wife was Qutlu Khatun of the Qpnqiirat people. She
too lives in theyurt of Sorqoqtani Beki and has no children.
He had a concubine called Iraghui of the Barulas people, the sister
of Qadan, who came to these parts as ambassador. By this concubine he
had a son called Nairaqu-Buqa. He had another concubine who is
still alive, called Eshitei, of the Qpnqiirat tribe. She was in the ordo
of Qutuqta Khatun; he had a son by her called Tamachi.
When Ar'iq Boke died, his wives went back to their yurts. Three
years later the Qa'an commanded: "Let the sons of Ar'iq Boke come
and see me." When they were honored with an audience he said:
"Let the greatyurt, in which Yesiider Khatun lived, be administered
by Yobuqur, and let Yobuqur marry Yesiider." They lived together
for 3 years, but she bore no children and died. In her place he married
288 Khatun of the Ushin, by whom he had two sons: Oljei-Temiir
and Hulachu. Hulachu is in attendance on his father in Ariqan-
Chaidan,289 which belongs to ,290 while Oljei-Temiir is in
attendance on Temiir Qa'an. He has another son, older than these
two, by Chalun Khatun of the Qaranut, who are a branch of the
Qpnqirat and Qorulas. He has yet another son, called Odege, by
Oghul-Tegin of the Naiman, a niece of Kiishliig Khan.291
287 The Kiichiigur were the dominant Naiman clan at the time of the campaigns of
Genghis Khan. See Campagnes, pp. 306—307.
288 AZTHMH, in which Blochet, pp. 564-65, note i, sees a Tibetan name.
285 Unidentified. The second element seems to be Mo. chaidam, "salt marsh."
290 ^SKY. Cf. the corrupt place-names above, p. 209 and note 51 and p. 253 and
note 43.
291 That is, Kuchliig, the Naiman prince who seized the Qara-Khitai throne.
SeeConquerant, pp. 262-66.
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