ABSTRACT
The Mongols could count, therefore, on more glory and more spoil, upon more horseback-raids and more battles. For the Mongol nobles there now came times in which they could think regretfully of the good nature and tolerance of Ogatai and of their own glories under Turakina. Mongolian history has a good deal to say about notable women, those who, when widowed, were able to save the tribe from decay by showing superabundant energy and sagacity. Most of the nomad clans belonged to this fief it was owing to Syurkuk-Teni's influence that the Mongolian military power remained in fighting trim, free from partisanship and dissension. In between the settled populations, Mongolian camps were established at every important strategic point; hordes circulated in the neighbourhood of these points. All the princes of the races ofjuji and Tuli, all Batu's generals, and all the Mongolian chieftains who, so long as there was no Khakan, regarded Syurkuk-Teni as their mistress, assembled in Batu's camp.
