The Nāṣirī Generations 258.3.4

258.3.4

In the year 612 H., therefore, the Chingiz Khan despatched the Nu-yin, Sahudah, or Swidae, the Uriangkhut Kungkur-at, with a considerable army against the Makrits, and he was provided with carts or waggons, specially made and strengthened with iron, so that they might not easily break down, as the Makrits had taken shelter in a very mountainous tract of country. This tract was called Kum-Kunjak—which, through the careless copying of some scribe, or an imperfect MS., has been mistaken for Kibchak by many oriental authors with ridiculous results, and European writers generally have followed them. Sahudah set out in the beginning of 612 H. [it commenced on the 1st May, 1215 A.D.], and was joined, on the way, by the Bahadur, Taghachar, with another force [this leader, probably, is Guzidah’s Tutmar-i-Chubin, but Abu-l-Ghazi, Bahadur Khan, calls him Toshajar]. The two leaders, after great exertions, reached the whereabouts of the Makrits, brought them to action near the banks of the river Jam—the Jam Muran; but, in some Histories, the letter has a dot over it instead of under, which makes it Kham, while in others again it is not pointed, and therefore stands for—with which no Turkish word begins [Chinese, and Europeans, however, vitiate kh and turn it into 'Arabic h as in Hatun for Khatun, Tophanah, for Top-khanah, Hatti-Humayun for Khatt-i-Humayun, Hodjah for Khwajah, Halji for Khalji, Han for Khan, Hamil for Khamil, and the like].