ABSTRACT
Temuchin seemed much occupied, he at once received the prince from China, though without showing him the honour which the envoy regarded as his due. Nevertheless the Khan gave Yuen-chi the customary presents to take to the Emperor. The Khan's relatives and the other princes spread a sheet of black felt on the ground, made Temuchin take his scat upon it, and then lifted it by the corners and, amid the acclamations of the assembly, set him upon the throne. The people already knew Khans and Gur Khans a Khan of Khans, a ruler of rulers, was something new among the present generation of nomadic peoples. On the throne sat Jenghiz Khan, with his principal wife Bortei. Somewhat lower, on the right, his sons, his other relatives, and in various grades the Orlok and the chieftains were seated. Giovanni Piano Carpini, the Franciscan friar whom Pope Innocent IV sent as legate to the court of Jenghiz Khan's grandson, reported.
