The Nāṣirī Generations 252.4

252.4

After this the Bahadur, Yassuka, set out in great pomp, for Dilun-Yuldak which is also written Dilun-Yulduz and, on reaching that place [which Petis de la Croix, in his innocency, says—Life of “Genghizcan the Great,” page 13—was “his Country-House, where he commonly resided”], Yassuka’s Khatun, who was named Ulun-Ankah or Angah but whom the Fanakati and Fasih-i call Ulun-Kujin of the tribe of Olkunut, who was pregnant, gave birth to a son, on the 20th of Zi-Ka’dah, 549 H. [25th January, 1167 A.D.], and to commemorate his victory over the Tattars, by Sughu-chijan’s advice, he named that son Tamur-chi, afterwards the Chingiz Khan. Yassuka, the Bahadur, besides this son, had, by the same Khatun, three other sons—Juji Khasar— time, he will be [considered worthy to be] remembered with pious benediction, and, after his death, with invocation—Kajbun—or Kajfun—or Onchi——also written Utighkin——said to mean the youngest son, and also called U-tigin or Aw-Tigin—and, by a second Khatun, a fifth son, who was named Bilkuti——likewise written Bilkutl——by others, who constantly attended Tamur-chi. When Yassuka died in 562 H., his son Tamur-chi was in his thirteenth year. About the same time Sughu-jijan also died, and the Nu-yan, Karachar, his son, was also young in years, and the Nurun or Nairun tribe—their own—forsook them and went over to the Taijiut, and other tribes.