Finally,
The Place Which Is Now Vulgarly Called Babylonia, As I Have Mentioned,
Is Not Upon The Euphrates (At All)
As people suppose, but on the Nile,
about 6 days' journey from Alexandria, and is the same as Memphis, to
Which Cambyses, the son of Cyrus, anciently gave the name of
Babylon." - Ottonis Frising. Lib. VII. cap. 3, in Germanic Hist.
Illust. etc. Christiani Urstisii Basiliensis, Francof. 1585. - Y.
[6] Sbasalar, or "General-in-chief," = Pers. Sipahsalar. - Y.
[7] Continuatio Ann. Admutensium, in Pertz, Scriptores, IX. 580.
[8] E.g. ii. 42.
[9] St. Martin, Mem. sur l'Armenie, II. 77.
[10] ["The Keraits," says Mr. Rockhill (Rubruck, 111, note), "lived on
the Orkhon and the Tula, south-east of Lake Baikal; Abulfaraj relates
their conversion to Christianity in 1007 by the Nestorian Bishop of
Merv. Rashideddin, however, says their conversion took place in the
time of Chingis Khan. (D'Ohsson, I. 48; Chabot, Mar Jabalaha, III.
14.) D'Avezac (536) identifies, with some plausibility, I think, the
Keraits with the Ki-le (or T'ieh-le) of the early Chinese annals.
The name K'i-le was applied in the 3rd century A.D. to all the
Turkish tribes, such as the Hui-hu (Uigurs), Kieh-Ku (Kirghiz)
Alans, etc., and they are said to be the same as the Kao-ch'e, from
whom descended the Cangle of Rubruck. (T'ang shu, Bk. 217, i.;
Ma Tuan-lin, Bk. 344, 9, Bk. 347, 4.) As to the Merkits, or
Merkites, they were a nomadic people of Turkish stock, with a possible
infusion of Mongol blood.
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