Tom. xvii. p. 109; Buesching, V. 493; also Golden Horde,
p. 142, note.)
Batu himself, in the great invasion of the West, was with the southern
host in Hungary; the northern army which fought at Liegnitz was under
Baidar, a son of Chaghatai.
According to the Masalak-al-Absar, the territory of Kipchak, over which
this dynasty ruled, extended in length from the Sea of Istambul to the
River Irtish, a journey of 6 months, and in breadth from Bolghar to the
Iron Gates, 4 (?) months' journey. A second traveller, quoted in the same
work, says the empire extended from the Iron Gates to Yughra (see p. 483
supra), and from the Irtish to the country of the Nemej. The last term
is very curious, being the Russian Niemicz, "Dumb," a term which in
Russia is used as a proper name of the Germans; a people, to wit, unable
to speak Slavonic. (N. et Ex. XIII. i. 282, 284.)
["An allusion to the Mongol invasion of Poland and Silesia is found in the
Yuen-shi, ch. cxxi., biography of Wu-liang-ho t'ai (the son of
Su-bu-t'ai). It is stated there that Wu-liang-ho t'ai [Urtangcadai]
accompanied Badu when he invaded the countries of Kin ch'a (Kipchak) and
Wu-la-sz' (Russia). Subsequently he took part also in the expedition
against the P'o-lie-rh and Nie-mi-sze." (Dr. Bretschneider, Med. Res.
I. p. 322.) With reference to these two names, Dr. Bretschneider says, in a
note, that he has no doubt that the Poles and Germans are intended.
