The Nāṣirī Generations 286.1.4

286.1.4

and as, according to the ordinances and usages of the Mughals, the dwelling-place of the father belongs to the youngest son, therefore the sovereignty belongs to Mangu." The others present acquiesced and, the right of Mangu having been determined, Batu despatched envoys to the Khatuns and sons of Uktae, and to Siur Kuktibi Bigi, Mangu's mother, and the other Shah-zadahs and great Amirs and ’Ajam, would be impossible. It will be advisable of the Dast-i-Rast, and Dast-i-Chap [i.e. who, in the assemblies of the Chingiz Khan, and his son, Uktae, used to sit on the right and left, and who belonged to the Hazarah’s of the right and left wings. See note at page 1093], saying, that “by the Shah-zadahs who, with their eyes, had seen the Chingiz Khan, and who, with their ears, had heard his laws and ordinances, the Shah-zadahs present in this kuriltae, it was deemed advisable, on the part of the army, and the people generally, to raise Mangu to the sovereignty.”