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301. NIL

nil Z nillo VB nilo R

The Nile. Named only once by Polo, in the passage relating to the trade between Aden and
Alexandria. This passage reproduces hearsay information imparted by Mussulmans.

302. NOMOGAN

nemogan L nomogan F, Z nomungan LT
nomagan FA, V

Mong. Nomoyan, Nomoqan, which means « peaceful ». In Rašidu-'d-Dīn, نومان Nomoyan
(Bl, II, 353, 362, 535); in Waṣṣāf, نمو Nomoyan (it is this Nomoyan which, misread « Temkjan »
in Ha¹, II, 3rd genealog. table, and « Lemghan » in Ha², 127, is responsible for Qubilai's extra
son « Temkan » in Y, I, 361); the Mongol chronicle is cognisant of him, and writes « Nomoqan »
(SCHMIDT, Gesch. der Ost-Mongolen, 119); in Chinese, 那木罕 No-mu-han, 南木合 Nan-mu-
ha (= *Nommuqa), 那沒干 No-mu-han, 那木干 No-mu-kan (cf. WANG Hui-tsu², 42, 6 a).
Nomoyan was Qubilai's fourth son, according to Chinese as well as Persian sources (YS, 107,
8 b; Bl, II, 362); he was born of the same Empress Čabui as the princes Chên-chin (see « Cinchim »)
and Mangala (see « Mangalai »). At the same time as for Mangala, a Chinese tutor had been appointed
in 1264 to instruct him in Chinese scholarship (YS, 5, 9 a). On July 9, 1266, Nomoyan received the
title of Prince of 北平 Pei-p'ing (YS, 6, 3 a); the date of 1265 in YS, 108, 2 a, is wrong; and of course
« 1262 » given by HAMMER [Ha², 127] for a battle between « Lemghan » [read Nomoyan] and Qaidu
must be rejected). In 1271 (YS, 13, 2 a), he was sent with troops to the north-west and stationed at
Almaliq, the extreme western limit of Qubilai's territory, to ward off encroachments from the princes
of Čayatai's branch and from Ögödäi's grandson Qaidu (cf. YS, 12, 1 a). In particular, his troops
fought with success against Baraq's (see « Barac ») successor, *Nägübäi (cf. JA, 1927, II, 266, and see
« Negodar »), in 1271 or 1272 (cf. YS, 8, 3 b). In the course of these and the following years, the
pên-chi mention several grants of arms, sheep, and particularly of horses by thousands and tens of
thousands to Nomoyan and his army. About 1274-1275 (no date is given in the pên-chi; that in