History of Genghis Khan . , in sending her to him as apresent, was that he should make her his was the custom of these khans to have asmany wives as they could obtain, so that whenprisoners of high rank were taken in war, ifthere were any young and beautiful womenamong them, they were considered as charm-ing presents to send to any great prince or po-tentate near, whom the captors were desirous ofpleasing. It made no difference, in such cases,whether the person who was to receive the pres-ent were young or old. Sometimes the olderhe was the more highly he would prize such agift. Yang K
History of Genghis Khan . , in sending her to him as apresent, was that he should make her his was the custom of these khans to have asmany wives as they could obtain, so that whenprisoners of high rank were taken in war, ifthere were any young and beautiful womenamong them, they were considered as charm-ing presents to send to any great prince or po-tentate near, whom the captors were desirous ofpleasing. It made no difference, in such cases,whether the person who was to receive the pres-ent were young or old. Sometimes the olderhe was the more highly he would prize such agift. Yang Khan, it happened, was old. He wasold enough to be Temujins father. Indeed, hehad been in the habit of calling Temujin hisson. He had been in alliance with Yezonkai,Temujins father, some years before, when Te-mujin was quite a boy, and it was at that timethat he began to call him his son. Accordingly, when Purta was brought to himby the messengers who had been sent in chargeof her, and presented to him in his tent, hesaid,. 1175.] The First Battle. 63 Purtas return. Birth of her child. She is very beautiful, but I can not takeher for my wife, for she is the wife of my can not marry the wife of my son. Vang Khan, however, received Purta undefhis charge, gave her a place in his household,and took good care of her. When Temujin returned home from his ex*pedition, and learned what had happened during his absence, he was greatly distressed at theloss of his wife. • Not long afterward he ascer*.tained where she was, and he immediately senta deputation to Yang Khan asking him to sendher home. With this request Yang Khan im-mediately complied, and Purta set out on herreturn. She was stopped on the way, however,by the birth of her child. It was a son. Assoon as the child was born it was determinedto continue the journey, for there was danger,if they delayed, that some new troop of enemiesmight come up, in which case Purta would per-haps be made captive again. So Purta, it issaid,
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