The Nāṣirī Generations 286.2.4

286.2.4

and their determination was to make a night attack upon Mangu Khan, slay him and Batu also, and overcome their adherents, and seize upon the sovereignty: "man proposes, but God disposes." It was the decree of Heaven that a camel-man, from the camp of Batu and Mangu Khan, who had lost his camel, set out towards the open country in search of it, and was roaming about in every direction, when, suddenly, he fell among the army of the sons of Chaghatae. On becoming aware of the circumstances of this army, to every one who inquired of him to whose following or retinue he belonged—as the appearance and dialect of the camel-men of the army of Chaghatae’s sons was the same as his own—he made himself out to be a camel-man of one of their Amirs, until night came, when, seizing the opportunity, the camel-man got away from among the forces of the sons of Chaghatae, and returned to the camp of Batu and Mangu Khan, and made them acquainted with the matter. When that information reached the hearing of Mangu time when all was jubilee, and there was no suspicion of such treachery, and no precaution taken, Shiramun, grandson of Uktae, and son of Kuchu, Naku or Nakue, son of Kyuk, and Kunuku, son of Karachar, son of Oktae, combined together, and arrived near unto the urdu of Mangu Ka'an. Along with them were a great number of carts full of arms, and in their hearts they meditated treachery and perfidy towards Mangu.