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She deserved her sufferings, it is true; but Genghis Khan was none the less guilty, on that account, for treating her so cruelly. Continued conquests. Efforts of Jalaloddin. Jalaloddin becomes discouraged. The governor's advice. Renewed exertions. Stratagem. Fictitious soldiers. Quarrel about a horse. Disaffection. Jalaloddin's forces divided. Great battle in the defile.
Orders to take Jalaloddin alive. He takes leave of his family. His escape across the river. His defiance of his pursuers. Struggles of the horse. Night spent in a tree. Jalaloddin meets with friends. Large body of men escaped. Pressing wants. Timely aid from Jamalarrazad. Fate of the sultan's family. Sunken treasures. Jalaloddin's end. Sieges. Logs instead of stones for ammunition. Modern bombs.
The emperor ordered all the males to be killed, but he reserved the women for a different fate. Among the persons killed was a boy about eight years old, Jalaloddin's oldest son. Jalaloddin had ordered his treasure to be sunk in the river, intending, probably, to come back and recover it at some future time.
Jalaloddin was so much pleased with the conduct of Jamalarrazad in this affair that he appointed him at once to a very high and responsible office in his service, and gave him a new title of honor. In the mean time, Genghis Khan, on the other side of the river, took possession the next morning of Jalaloddin's camp. Of course, the family of the sultan fell into his hands.
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