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BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY OF QUBILAI QA5AN<br />

and the other Mahmud, also there. By her he also has two daughters:<br />

one called Emegen, who is married to Toq-Temiir Kiiregen, the<br />

grandson <strong>of</strong> Bars-Buqa <strong>of</strong> the Oirat, who is grandson <strong>of</strong> Torelchi<br />

Kiiregen; and the other called Il-Qutluq, who is married to the son <strong>of</strong><br />

Kobek <strong>of</strong> the Siildus people, who is in command <strong>of</strong> the emirs under<br />

Du'a and is stationed on this side <strong>of</strong> the Oxus. Melik-Temur also has a<br />

concubine called Tuqluq-Oljei, the daughter <strong>of</strong> Baighara <strong>of</strong> ,298<br />

the commander <strong>of</strong> a hundred. Melik-Temiir's sons are as follows:<br />

Mingqan, Ajiqi', Yesiin-To'a, and Baritai, [all] by Emegen Khatun,<br />

the daughter <strong>of</strong> Bars-Buqa <strong>of</strong> the Oirat people.<br />

As for the ordo <strong>of</strong> El-Chiqm'ish Khatun <strong>of</strong> the Oirat people, the senior<br />

wife <strong>of</strong> Ari'q Boke, Qubilai Qa'an gave it to his son Nairaqu-Buqa,<br />

who, at the time <strong>of</strong> Ar'iq Boke's death, made an attempt on his life; he<br />

was prevented and [afterward] died <strong>of</strong> grief. In this yurt he had a<br />

daughter called Ashi'qtai. Afterward, when he went to the Qa'an, he<br />

left that yurt to Melik-Temiir; it is now held by Aj'iqi, the son <strong>of</strong><br />

Melik-Temur.<br />

To Tamachi the Qa'an gave the yurt <strong>of</strong> Qutuqta Khatun, but she<br />

died before they came together. In place <strong>of</strong> her [Tomachi] married<br />

Er-Tegin, the daughter <strong>of</strong> Sorqadu Ba'urchi <strong>of</strong> the Naiman, the<br />

nephew <strong>of</strong> Sartaq and Burunduq, who are resident in these parts.<br />

And when he took this wife with him to the Qa'an, that yurt was left<br />

unoccupied.<br />

Nairaqu-Buqa has five sons, as follows: Qurbaqa, Bachin, Samghar,<br />

Bayan Ebiigen, and Ara-Temur. Ara-Temiir's mother is Ujin Egechi<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Olqunut, and the mother <strong>of</strong> the other four is Ashi'qtai Khatun<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Qpnqirat, the niece <strong>of</strong> Chabui, the senior wife <strong>of</strong> Qubilai Qa'an.<br />

Tamachi has two sons: one called Bayan and the other Dorben.<br />

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