[297] A.H. 487–498 (1094–1104). Malcolm throughout his otherwise excellent history scarcely ever condescends to supply the reader with a date of any kind.
[298] He died of consumption at the early age of twenty-seven (perhaps even younger). Cf. Müller, op. cit. ii. 120.
[299] He allowed his nephew the two `Irāks on condition that his (Sanjar’s) name should be mentioned first in the public prayers (cf. Habīb-us-Siyar).
[300] The modern Khānate of Khiva.
[301] The Khāns of Khiva still bear the title of Ewer-bearers to the Sultan of Constantinople.
[302] About A.H. 470 (1077).
[303] He was a descendant in the eighth generation of T’ai-tsu, or Apaoki, the first Liao emperor. Cf. Bretschneider, op. cit. i. 211; Visdelou, p. 28. For the various forms his name has taken, cf. Howorth on the “Kara-Khitāy,” J.R.A.S., New Series VIII. 273, 274.
[304] De Guignes called him Taigir.
[305] Called by the Mohammedans Churché, which corresponds to the Niuchi of Chinese historians. Cf. Bretschneider, op. cit. i. 224, note.
[306] Cf. d’Ohsson, Histoire des Mongols, i. 163.