The Nāṣirī Generations 257.7.1

257.7.1

When the news of the Chingiz Khan's outbreak became spread abroad, and reached the Altun Khan, he imagined that, perhaps, that army of 300,000 horse, which were holding that pass and the high road, had been overthrown, and put to the sword; and the heart of the Altun Khan. is meant—that of Salu-ling-kfw?—which, according to Hafiz Abru, "having once been passed, the country of Khitae may be considered as subdued." I must here also briefly relate what other more modern writers, who wrote however under Mughal influence, state; because our author's account contains much that no others have related, and he was contemporary with the Chingiz Khan, knew many of the actors in these events, and was not influenced by the patronage of Mughal sovereigns.