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Updated: May 23, 2025
The great hunting party. Object of the hunt. The general plan. The time arrives. Orders. Progress of the operations. Terror of the animals. The inner circle. Condition of the beasts. The princes enter the ring. Intimidation of the wild beasts. They recover their ferocity when attacked. The slaughter. Petition of the young men. End of the hunt. The assembly at Toukat. Return of Genghis Khan's sons.
Continuation of the war. Saganak. Hassan. The murdered embassador. Jughi's revenge. Jughi's general policy. Account of a stratagem. The town taken. A beautiful city. Toukat. Toukat taken. Arrangements for plundering it. Kojend. Timur Melek. His preparations for defense. Engines and battering-rams. The floating batteries. The morass. Obstinate conflict. The pretended deserters. No more stones.
The place chosen for this assembly was a vast plain in the vicinity of the city of Toukat, which has already been mentioned as one of the great cities conquered by Genghis Khan. Toukat lay in a central and convenient position for the purpose of this assembly. It was, moreover, a rich and beautiful city, and could furnish all that would be necessary for the wants of the assembly.
It was a very pleasant place, full of fountains, gardens, and delightful pleasure-grounds, with many charming public and private promenades. The name of this place was Toukat, and the beauty and attractiveness of it were proverbial through all the country.
Toukat was a place rather of pleasure than of strength, and yet it was surrounded by a wall, and the governor of it determined to make an effort to defend it. The garrison fought bravely, and they kept the besiegers off for three days.
When Timur heard of the fall of Toukat, he presumed that his city of Kojend would be next attacked, as it seemed to come next in the way of the Mongul army; so he began to make vigorous preparations for defense. He broke up all the roads leading toward the town, and destroyed the bridges.
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