[356] The Chinese and Persian authorities are here again at variance.
[357] They had been converted to Christianity by the Nestorians at the beginning of the eleventh century. See very interesting note in d’Ohsson, op. cit. i. p. 48. This Toghrul received the title of Oang, or King, and called himself Oang-Khān. The similarity of this in sound to the name Johan, or Johannes (John), led to the fabulous personage so familiar in Marco Polo and other travellers, as Prester John. Cf. Yule’s Cathay and Marco Polo, passim.
[358] Cf. d’Ohsson, i. p. 47.
[359] Cf. S. Lane-Poole, loc. cit.
[360] The exact date is uncertain.
[361] This word may be read either Kuriltāy or Kurultāy. Cf. Pavet de Courteille, Dictionnaire Turk-Oriental, p. 429.
[362] Cf. d’Ohsson, i. 86.
[363] Ibid. p. 89.
[364] Cf. Howorth, J.R.A.S., New Series VIII. p. 283.
[365] The above facts are from the Jahān-Kushāy. Cf. Bretschneider, op. cit. i. 230, 231; the Tarikh-i-Rashidi, p. 289; and d’Ohsson, op. cit. i. 166 et seq.