Chapter VIII

Jinghis passes the winter near the Indus, 1222–23.—Resolve of
Jinghis to return to Mongolia, 1223.—Myths regarding this
resolution.—Command of Jinghis to kill useless prisoners.—March of
Chepé Noyon to Tiflis.—Command of Jinghis to Chepé Noyon to
exterminate the Polovtsi.—March of Chepé to Tiflis.—Chepé’s
alliance with the Polovtsi.—Betrayal of the Polovtsi, their flight
to Russia.—Mystislav aids the Polovtsi against the Mongols.—Defeat
of the Russians on the Kalka, 1224.—Terror of Southern
Russia.—Jinghis at his home on the Kerulon, 1225.—Mukuli’s conquest
of lands belonging to the Kin dynasty, 1216.—Death of Mukuli,
1223.—Jinghis enters Tangut, 1226.—Siege of Ling chau.—Submission
of Ling chau.—Death of Jinghis Khan, 1227.—Burial of
Jinghis.—Jinghis Khan’s disposal of his Empire.—Kurultai of
election held on the Kerulon, 1229.—Accession of Ogotai. His plans
of expeditions.—Offerings made to the shade of Jinghis.—First work
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