The Nāṣirī Generations 284.1.1

284.1.1

When Tushi, the eldest son of the Chingiz Khan, as has been previously stated, was removed from the world for conspiring against his father, several sons survived him, and the eldest of them all was Batu. The Chingiz Khan installed him in the place of his father, and all the states Kurak-Liik Bfg^, daughter of the Badshah of the Naemans [Koshluk] ; and he was the founder, in time, of a separate dynasty. Batu ghan, with several of his brothers, set out for the y 7 lra^ of the Qhingiz Khan, when the news of his grandfather’s decease reached him, leaving Tughae Timur his representative in ^^ifchak, a,nd was present at the installation of Uktae Ka’an. Tughae Timur, like his elder brother, Barkah, became a convert to Islam, and, it is said, Barkah converted him to that faith. Batu is known by the title of the Sa-m, or Sa-inKhan, which title continued to be applied to his descendants down to modern times, and even after they became subject to the ’Usmanli Turks. Rubruquis, who had an interview with Batu, says he was seated on a couch gilt all over, and his wife beside him. He had a fresh, ruddy, complexion, and, looking earnestly at the party, at length ordered them to speak. Then their guide bid them kneel on both knees, which they did, and Rubruquis began to pray for Batu’s conversion, at which he modestly smiled, but the others present jeered him.