He died in 1292, the father of twelve
sons, the names of five of which are given in the biography, viz.
Bo-yen-ch'a-rh [Bayan], who held a high office, Omar, Djafar, Hussein,
and Saadi." (Bretschneider, Med. Res. I. 270-271). Mr. E.H. Parker
writes in the China Review, February-March, 1901, pp. 196-197, that the
Mongol history states that amongst the reforms of Nasr-uddin's father in
Yun-nan, was the introduction of coffins for the dead, instead of burning
them. - H.C.]
[NOTE 2. - In his battle near Sardis, Cyrus "collected together all the
camels that had come in the train of his army to carry the provisions and
the baggage, and taking off their loads, he mounted riders upon them
accoutred as horsemen. These he commanded to advance in front of his other
troops against the Lydian horse.... The reason why Cyrus opposed his
camels to the enemy's horse was, because the horse has a natural dread of
the camel, and cannot abide either the sight or the smell of that
animal.... The two armies then joined battle, and immediately the Lydian
warhorses, seeing and smelling the camels, turned round and galloped off."
(Herodotus, Bk. I. i. p. 220, Rawlinson's ed.) - H.C.]
NOTE 3.
