Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) Makers of History Genghis Khan BY JACOB ABBOTT WITH ENGRAVINGS NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1901 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. * * * * * Copyright, 1888, by BENJAMIN VAUGHAN ABBOTT, AUSTIN ABBOTT, LYMAN ABBOTT, and EDWARD ABBOTT. [Illustration: INAUGURATION OF GENGHIS KHAN.] PREFACE. The word khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that from time immemorial have inhabited Central Asia, and has been applied to a great number of potentates and rulers that have from time to time arisen among them. Genghis Khan was the greatest of these princes. He was, in fact, one of the most renowned conquerors whose exploits history records. As in all other cases occurring in the series of histories to which this work belongs, where the events narrated took place at such a period or in such a part of the world that positively reliable and authentic information in respect to them can now no longer be obtained, the author is not responsible for the actual truth of the narrative which he offers, but only for the honesty and fidelity with which he has compiled it from the best sources of information now within reach. CONTENTS. Chapter Page I. PASTORAL LIFE IN ASIA 13 II. THE MONGULS 23 III. YEZONKAI KHAN 41 IV. THE FIRST BATTLE 52 V. VANG KHAN 68 VI. TEMUJIN IN EXILE 76 VII. RUPTURE WITH VANG KHAN 86 VIII. PROGRESS OF THE QUARREL 100 IX. THE DEATH OF VANG KHAN 114 X. THE DEATH OF YEMUKA 123 XI. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE 136 XII. DOMINIONS OF GENGHIS KHAN 150 XIII. THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE KUSHLUK 163 XIV. IDIKUT 175 XV. THE STORY OF HUJAKU 184 XVI. CONQUESTS IN CHINA 198 XVII. THE SULTAN MOHAMMED 213 XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE SULTAN 236 XIX. THE FALL OF BOKHARA 244