ABSTRACT
Whilewewereonourwayback,Isawinfrontoftheeasternendof thecourt,atadistance&omitoftwocrossbowshots,adwellingon topofwhichstoodalittlecross.(6)AtthisIconcludedtomygreatjoy
Papaute,pp.126-7;A.MostaertandF.W.Cleaves,'Troisdocumentsmongolsdes archivessecretesvaticanes',H]AS,XV(1952),454,492-3.Thesenseinwhichthese wordswereemployedreflectedtheMongols'conceptionoftheirworldempire,of whichallpeopleswerealreadymembers,whethertheyrecognizeditornot,withthe resultthatanyonewhoopposedtheqaghanwasipso/actoarebel:seeIntroduction, p.25.Foranexampleofthisattitude,seeJuwayni,I,224(tr.Boyle,pp.268-9).
