ABSTRACT
A Tartar chief named Ahamateh, inspired by the thought that being far removed from Peking he was beyond the reach of the Chinese government, swooped down upon Ha-mi and captured it. Before long a Chinese army was on its march westward, and the town was retaken and a Mongol prince, a descendant of the family that had ruled China, was put in command. The Mongols, who had kept up an incessant raiding on the borders, now began to assemble in more formidable numbers under the banner of An-ta, who led them up to Ta-tung, in Shansi. The first years of the Muh Tsung's reign were greatly disturbed by the irruptions of the Mongols under An-ta into Shansi. The great source of trouble and annoyance to the Chinese, viz., the Mongols, were at peace with the Shen Tsung, and there was no other power that had any desire to come into collision with China.
