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by Rašidu-'d-Dīn in his notice of the tribe. In the Secret History of the Mongols, a whole para-
graph (§ 64), put in the mouth of Chinghiz-khan's future father-in-law and addressed to Chinghiz-
khan's father, extolls in rhythmic form the qualities of the Onggirat girls : « ...In our Onggirat
people, since the days of old and beyond contention, our daughters' sons are well-built and our
daughters have beauty. Our daughters with fine cheeks, for those of you who become qaan, we make
them ascend a Qasaq chariot, to which we harness a black camel... » Later, in the tradition of the
Čayatai empire, the high rank of the Qonγrat superseded their reputation for beauty, and the name
of their clan is often coupled with that of Chinghiz-khan's own, the Qiyat clan (cf. Radlov, Dict., II,
523; TP, 1930, 266). A Turkish verse, misunderstood in Radlov, II, 856, says : « What I wish
is beauty; what the shah wishes is merit and race. For me, the Tzigane and Hindu girls; for the
shah, the Qonγrat and Qiyat. »

376. VANCHU

vanchu R

It has long been supposed that this was a transcription of 王 著 Wang Chu, the name of the
leader of the plot against Aḥmad (see « Acmat¹ »); B¹, 449, still transcribes « Vanciu », and gives
Wang Chu as its original. He ought not to have disregarded Moule's paper in JNCB, 1927, 26-28.
Moule justly remarks that, in the « Vanchu » of R (the only source), ch- before u must sound k
(see the same in « Cenchu »), and the « name » must be simply a transcription of the title 萬 戶
wan-hu, « myriarch ». Polo says positively that « Vanchu » was « master of ten thousand ».
Although Polo mixes up the part played by the different conspirators, he does so to a less extent
than Rašidu-'d-Dīn.

377. VENESE

uenece, uenisse F ueniesia VL venes O
uenese F, Fr ueniexia V, VA venetia VL; R
uenesia VL uinegia TA³ venise FB, O
uenetie LT venecie L, P, Z venisse FA
uenexia VB venedie, venedige G vinegia TA¹

Venice. « Venese » seems to be the most probable form of Rustichello's original French
redaction, with -s- pronounced -s- and not -z-.