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Citation Information
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MARCO POLO BOOK I.
CI-IAPTLJR L.
THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHINGHIS KAAN AND PRESTER JOHN.
AND after both sides had rested well those two days,
they armed for the fight and engaged in desperate
combat ; and it was the greatest battle that ever was
seen. The numbers that were slain on both sides were
very great, but in the end Chinghis Kaan obtained
the victory. And in the battle Prester John was slain.
.9. HPwo/11i
Death of Chinghiz Khan. (From a miniature in the Livre des Merveilles.)
And from that time forward, day by day, his kingdom
passed into the hands of Chinghis Kaan till the whole
was conquered.
I may tell you that Chinghis Kaan reigned six years
after this battle, engaged continually in conquest, and
taking many a province and city and stronghold. But
at the end of those six years he went against a certain
castle that was called CAAJU, and there he was shot
with an arrow in the knee, so that he died of his
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