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nomadic Mongol and Turkmen warriors subordinate to him to
evacuate the Caucasus, in order to create room for his own
entourage. With considerable grumbling the displaced
Baiju and his hosts moved westward, sacking the cities
of Erzerum, Erzinjan Sivaa, Caesarea and Zonya as they
went . Almost simultaneously some of Chingiz-Khan's
grandchildren descended on the Caucasus through the Caspian
Sates in order to settle near their relation, HttlegU.
CAKA p. 366; FT pp. 275-76; Bar Hebraeus describes
Httlegti's entourage (BH p. 419) and Baiju's move (BH p.424).
In 1256 the Melitene/Malatya area was attacked by Turkmens
(BH p. 425) as well as by Baiju (BH pp. 426-27). The
same author (p. 427) reports cannibalism in that city;
KG p. 375; GA: "After this, when the year 706 A.E. (-1257/58)
had come, there arrived from the East, where the great
Khan was, 7 of the Khan's sons, each with a duman of cavalry
and a duman is 30,007 [incorrect. The duman'waa 10,000],
They were named as follows: the first and greatest of them
was Hulawu, who was a brother of Manku khan. The second,
Xul, called himself_the brother of God and was not ashamed.
The third was Balaxe, the fourth Tut'ar, the fifth, T'agudar,
the sixth, tatalan, and the seventh, Bawralan. They were
in disagreement amongst themselves, but were very fearless
and eaters of men. On their journey they all came and
travelled about in wagons, while they levelled the mountains
and hills of the eastern country to facilitate the movement
of their wagons and carts" (GA p. 327). Of the leaders
mentioned by GA, Xul it seems became a bandit and attacked
certain monasteries in "the interior of the country".
The monastery of Geret'i is mentioned especially (GA pp.
327, 329, 331).
KC: "Hulegii arrived in Atrpatakan with 60,000 troops.
Learning about this, the noyins Chormaghun, Yusur, Baiju,
and Angurak went to meet him, takTng with them all the nobles
of Georgia, especially Egarslan, to whom the entire Georgian
nobility submitted, as if to a king. They met in Atrpatakan.
Two [bodies] of Tatars were [thus] assembled: those who
had come there before [.i.e., at the time of the conquest
of the Caucasus], who w«Tre* called t'amber, and those who
had come with HUlegti-Khan... ~"
"They came to the place known as Ala-Ta£h[east of Lake
Van in southern historical Armenia]. All his subjects
came before him. He sat on the throne of the Khanate
and they congratulated him according to their custom and
called him Khan..." (KC pp. 222-23; Mur. p. 98).
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