History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c11.19

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¹⁵ Changiz Khan used to say: "Man's greatest pleasure is to defeat his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them which they possess, to see those whom they cherished in tears, to ride their horses, to hold their wives and daughters in his arms." Juveni, Translation in Vladimirtsov, *The life Changiz Khan*, p. 160. This betrays the true spirit of nomad war-lord and shows, how gladly the nomad barbarians would have listened to such sermons and flocked to his standard.