The Nāṣirī Generations 257.5.5

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of the Dihlī Maliks, mentioned at page 757, whose name is written in precisely the same doubtful way, and without vowel points.] Tingri, though, I should suppose, the Devotee of, or Devoted to, or Chosen of-God, or something similar, is much more likely to be the correct signification. His correct name was Kūkjū, or Kūkchū [turned into “Gueukdja” and “Gukju” in the 'Mongols Proper'], though some write it Kūkchah, tribes by pledges and oaths to obey him in all things, and Kukjah, and Kukzu, and he was the son of Minglik Ichakah, the Kunakkumar—also written Kunakumar—who married Tamurchi’s mother. He stepped forward and said: “Last night a person of a red colour, seated on a grey horse, appeared unto me, and said: ‘Go thou to the son of Yassuka and say: ‘After this they shall not style thee Tamur-chi any more; for, in future, thy title shall be “the Chingiz Khan’ and likewise say thou to the Chingiz Khan, ‘Almighty God hath bestowed upon thee and thy posterity, the greater part of the universe.’” All present repeated it, and with acclamation hailed Tamur-chi by that title, because its meaning, in the Turki language, signifies in the Irani, Shah-an-Shah, King of Kings, or Emperor. The signification, however, is somewhat differently interpreted by authors into the Great King or Emperor, Khan-i-Khanam or the Chief of Khans, and the like. From that time this was his title.