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The object of this mission or embassy seems to have been as follows: A prodigious alarm was excited in Europe, by the victorious and destructive progress of the Mongals or Tartars; who, under the command of Tuschi-khan, and of Batu-khan, the son of Tuschi, advancing through Kipzhak, Russia, Poland, and Hungary, all of which they had most horribly ravaged and laid waste, had penetrated even into Silesia; while by the eastern side or the Caspian, penetrating through Transoxiana and Persia, under the command of Zagatai-khan, likewise a son of Zingus, and Holagu-khan, a nephew of Zagatai, they had made their appearance on the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris.
Alsara is Al-seray, which was built by Baatu-khan, on the Achtuba, a branch of the Volga. Forst. Probably Holagu-khan, to whom all Persia was in subjection, quite to Syria. Forst. Ukakah, Grikhata, Khorkang, or Urghenz on the Gihon. Forst. Bereke-khan. Forst. This probably refers to the Constantinopolitan or Greek emperor; his dominions being called Roum in the east to the present day.
The khan of Kiptschak, or the western division of the vast empire of the Mongals, at the time of this journey, was Bereke, who ruled from 1256 to 1266. Holagu-khan, who was then at war with Bereke, did not begin to reign till 1258.
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