And ye must know that after this her father never went on a campaign but
she went with him. And gladly he took her, for not a knight in all his
train played such feats of arms as she did. Sometimes she would quit her
father's side, and make a dash at the host of the enemy, and seize some
man thereout, as deftly as a hawk pounces on a bird, and carry him to her
father; and this she did many a time.
Now I will leave this story and tell you of a great battle that Caidu
fought with Argon the son of Abaga, Lord of the Tartars of the Levant.
NOTE 1. - The name of the lady is in Pauthier's MSS. Agiaint, Agyanie; in
the Bern, Agyanic; in the MS. of the G.T., distinctly Aigiaruc,
though printed in the edition of 1824 as Aigiarm. It is Oriental
Turkish, AI-YARUK, signifying precisely Lucent Lune, as Marco explains
it. For this elucidation I am indebted to the kindness of Professor
Vambery, who adds that the name is in actual use among the Uzbek women.
Kaidu had many sons, but only one daughter, whom Rashiduddin (who seems to
be Hammer's authority here) calls Kutulun. Her father loved her above
all his sons; she used to accompany him to the field, and aid in state
affairs.
