The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

“the government was rectified and humanity was united” Altan Tobŭi, §123.

“peace, unity and prosperity spread throughout all the people.” Erdeni-yin Tobci.

“give us gold, silver, and silk” Talat Tekin, A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic, Uralic and Altaic Series, vol. 69 (Bloomington: Indiana University Publications, 1968).

Tonyukuk Talat Tekin, Ibid.

“He has come saying he will rule our country” Altan Tobŭi, §113.

“May you heaven” Altan Tobŭi, §114.

EPILOGUE

The Squire’s Tale Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, edited by Alfred W. Pollard (London: Macmillan, 1899).

“She united with her ravishing beauty” François Pétis de la Croix, The Thousand and One Days: Persian Tales, translated by Justin Huntly McCarthy (London: Chatto & Windus, 1892).

“tigerish woman” Carlo Gozzi, Turandotte, Act I, scene i.

“in that cruel night” Puccini, Turandot, Act II, scene ii.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS