The Nāṣirī Generations 288.3.3

288.3.3

Having set out, in the summer of 653 H.—about June, 1255 A.D.—Mangu reached the boundaries of the territories of Tingkut and Tingnash or Biktash [Ningaish], at the place named Alwan or Aluan Shan it was Lewan Shan—before. See note, page 1088], within the confines of Tingnash or Biktash [Ningaish], which is the place where the Chingiz Khan died. Towards the latter part of the year he moved forward for the purpose of attacking the Masul Kahlukhah or Pass, and forced it. With little effort he subsequently captured twenty fortresses, and subdued a territory known as Khan-Sindan—in one copy of Alfi the first word is Jan—and, having taken possession of the whole of it, turned his face towards a great fortress [a fortified city] called Muli Sang. There is considerable discrepancy with regard to the name of this place, caused by the careless copying of scribes, and the facilities which the Arabic characters offer for making mistakes when carelessly written. In the best written copies of Alfi and the Fanakati, respectively, it is Muli-Sang, as above, and Doli-Shang while in other copies of the former, and in other works, it is without points. The place in question is the Ho-chew of the Chinese historians, and Ho-chew or Ko-chew of the Jesuits' map.