The Nāṣirī Generations 273.2

273.2

After two years, and the period of mourning had expired, this Khatun, Burtah Kuchin, lest any untoward event might happen in the empire, summoned the sons of the deceased, and the great Amirs, to assemble at the Ulugh Yurat, which the Chinese style Ho-lin, and hold a kuriltae or diet; and, in the beginning of the spring of 626 H., they arrived. From I-mil and Ku-Tak came Uktae and his sons; from the Dasht-i-Kibchak came Batu, Barkah, Shaiban, Tangkut, and two other sons of Juji Khan; from the eastern parts of the empire [i. e. east of Kalur-an] came the Nu-yins, U-Tigin or Aw-Tigin—also written Unji and Unchi-Tigin—and Bilkuti, the brothers of the Chingiz Khan; Chaghatae Khan came from Bish-Baligh, and the Nu-yin, Karachar, from his yurat, besides numbers of other personages from all parts of the empire. The Ulugh Nu-yin, Tuli Khan, and other brothers younger than he, who were already present at the Ulugh Yurat, and his Amirs, also attended; and, after all the Princes, Nu-yins, and Amirs, had assembled, a mighty feast was given, during which the matter which brought them together there was discussed. After this, the testament of the Chingiz Khan, nominating Uktae as his successor, and the covenant entered into between the sons, confirming that nomination, were read out before all, in the presence of the troops then in the Urdu, in order that they also should confirm it.