Kublai And His Brother Hulaku, Young As They Were, Commenced Their
Military Career On Chinghiz's Last Expedition (1226-1227).
His most
notable campaign was the conquest of Yunnan in 1253-1254.
(De Mailla,
IX. 298, 441.)
NOTE 4. - NAYAN was no "uncle" of Kublai's, but a cousin in a junior
generation. For Kublai was the grandson of Chinghiz, and Nayan was the
great-great-grandson of Chinghiz's brother Uchegin, called in the Chinese
annals Pilgutai. [Belgutai was Chinghiz's step-brother. (Palladius.) - H.
C.] On this brother, the great-uncle of Kublai, and the commander of the
latter's forces against Arikbuga in the beginning of the reign, both
Chinghiz and Kublai had bestowed large territories in Eastern Tartary
towards the frontier of Corea, and north of Liaotong towards the Manchu
country. ["The situation and limits of his appanage are not clearly
defined in history. According to Belgutai's biography, it was between the
Onon and Kerulen (Yuen shi), and according to Shin Yao's researches (Lo
fung low wen kao), at the confluence of the Argun and Shilka. Finally,
according to Harabadur's biography, it was situated in Abalahu, which
geographically and etymologically corresponds to modern Butkha (Yuen
shi); Abalahu, as Kublai himself said, was rich in fish; indeed, after
the suppression of Nayan's rebellion, the governor of that country used to
send to the Peking Court fishes weighing up to a thousand Chinese pounds
(kin.). It was evidently a country near the Amur River." (Palladius,
l.c. 31.) - H. C.] Nayan had added to his inherited territory, and become
very powerful.
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