The word khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that from time immemorial have inhabited Central Asia, and has been applied to a great number of potentates and rulers that have from time to time arisen among them. Genghis Khan was the greatest of these princes. He was, in fact, one of the most renowned conquerors whose exploits history records.
As in all other cases occurring in the series of histories to which this work belongs, where the events narrated took place at such a period or in such a part of the world that positively reliable and authentic information in respect to them can now no longer be obtained, the author is not responsible for the actual truth of the narrative which he offers, but only for the honesty and fidelity with which he has compiled it from the best sources of information now within reach.
CONTENTS.
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | PASTORAL LIFE IN ASIA | [13] |
| II. | THE MONGULS | [23] |
| III. | YEZONKAI KHAN | [41] |
| IV. | THE FIRST BATTLE | [52] |
| V. | VANG KHAN | [68] |
| VI. | TEMUJIN IN EXILE | [76] |
| VII. | RUPTURE WITH VANG KHAN | [86] |
| VIII. | PROGRESS OF THE QUARREL | [100] |
| IX. | THE DEATH OF VANG KHAN | [114] |
| X. | THE DEATH OF YEMUKA | [123] |
| XI. | ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE | [136] |
| XII. | DOMINIONS OF GENGHIS KHAN | [150] |
| XIII. | THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE KUSHLUK | [163] |
| XIV. | IDIKUT | [175] |
| XV. | THE STORY OF HUJAKU | [184] |
| XVI. | CONQUESTS IN CHINA | [198] |
| XVII. | THE SULTAN MOHAMMED | [213] |
| XVIII. | THE WAR WITH THE SULTAN | [236] |
| XIX. | THE FALL OF BOKHARA | [244] |
| XX. | BATTLES AND SIEGES | [264] |
| XXI. | DEATH OF THE SULTAN | [281] |
| XXII. | VICTORIOUS CAMPAIGNS | [297] |
| XXIII. | GRAND CELEBRATIONS | [318] |
| XXIV. | CONCLUSION | [330] |
ENGRAVINGS
| Page | |
| THE INAUGURATION OF GENGHIS KHAN | [Frontispiece.] |
| ENCAMPMENT OF A PATRIARCH | [20] |
| SHOOTING AT PURSUERS | [35] |
| MAP—EMPIRE OF GENGHIS KHAN | [44] |
| PURTA IN THE TENT OF VANG KHAN | [62] |
| DRINKING THE BITTER WATER | [107] |
| PRESENTATION OF THE SHONGAR | [173] |
| THE MERCHANTS OFFERING THEIR GOODS | [222] |
| THE GOVERNOR ON THE TERRACE | [261] |
| THE BATTLE OF THE BOATS | [277] |