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small town on the western shore of the
Caspian--a place OF fishermen and mer-
chants, tranquil enough But the Shah,
weary and iii, deprived Of his court. his
slaves and cup companions, would not
sacrifice the prestige Of his name He
insisted on reading the public prayers
IN the mosque. and his identity did not
long remain a secret.
A Muhammadan, who once suffered
oppression at the hand Of the Shah, be-
trayed him TO the Mongols, who had
scattered another Persian army at Kas-
vim, and were questing after Muhammad
through the hills. They rode into the
| preparing to enter fishing skiff.
Arrows new. but the boat drew away
from the shore and some of the no.
mads In their rage urged their horses
| into the water. They swan after the
skin until the strength of men and
beasts gave out, and they disappeared in
the waves.
Although they never laid hand on the
Shah, they had slain him Weakened
by disease and hardship, this overlord
OF Islam died on his island, SO poverty
ridden that his only shroud was q shirt
OF one Of his followers.
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| MEANWHILE GEN0EIS KHAN With
49, drew his warriors from the low
lands during the heat of the Summer
o burning, sultry heat that distressed
the men accustomed TO the high aiti-
tudes OF the Cobb. He led them lip into
the cooler ranges beyond the Anu.
To keep them occupied while the horse
herds grazed~and with an eye 10 dis
| a fnF aa fa
vorite pastime Of the horde, seasons
hunt.
| A Mongol hunt was no less than a
regular. campaign, against beasts instead
OF men. The whole horde shared In It,
and Its rules had been laid down by the
Khan himself, which means that they
were inexorable
Juchi, the master Of hunting. being
absent on duty, his lieutenant galloped
| of TO survey and mark several hundred
miles Of hills. Strcamers were planted
for the starting points Of the various
regiments, Beyond the horizon the
| gurtai, or closing point OF the hunt.
was chosen and likewise marked.
Witness, then. the sqnadrons OF the
! horde. In high fettie. moving of 10
right and left, biv0uacking under the
orders of the hunters, waiting the ar
rival OF the Khan and the fanfare Of
| horns and cymbals that would start
them of. They were thus arranged
IN shallow half circle, covering per-
haps 30 miles or 80 Of countryside.
The Khan appearing with his higher
officers and princes and youthful grand
Sons, the riders mounted, forming O
cioge-ktAl line, sometimes two ranks
deep. They carried all weapons and
equipment used against human ene-
mics, with the addition OF wicker
shields.
The horses sufged forward the Of
ficers dropped behind their commands
and this rgusing of the animals began
The warriors were forbidden 10 use
their arms against the animals and II
was O real disgrace 10 allow any four
footed thing 10 slip through the line
0f riders, They crushed through thick.
cts, beat up guliies and climbed hilioeks
shouting and clam0ring when q tiger
or wolf was seen sliding out Of the
brush.
Matters went q little harder In the
night, After the first month ri the
hunt great numbers of animals were
Inassing ahead OF the halfsrircle oi
humans, The warriors went into camp
lighted fires, posted gentries. There
Was even the usual password. Officefk
went the rounds, No easy matter hi
keep line ~ piekeig when all the
} iqu' fe9t9d life of The mountains wal