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1、XEpigraphthereforeratherkillhim,thatperhapsGodmaydeliverus.'ButIswearbyGodthatnotoneofthemdaredtodothis,soItookaknifeandslewhim,andwefledandescaped."Andsuchoccurrencesweremany.NOTE1.FromEdwardG.Browne,AEiteraryHistoryofPersia,vol.2(London:T.FisherUnwin,1915),427-31.ScannedbyJeromeS.Arke
2、nberg,CaliforniaStateFullerton.ThetexthasbeenmodernizedbyProfessorArkenberg.ThistextispartoftheInternetMedievalSourceBook,"InternetHistorySourcebooksProject,"ed.PaulHalsall,http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1220al-Athir-mongols.html.Thesourcebookisacollectionofpublicdomainandcopy-pe
3、rmittedtextsrelatedtomedievalandByzantinehistory.PREFACEBecausenostandardizedsystemoftransliterationexiststorenderforeignscriptsintoEnglishtext,Arabic,Persian,andespeciallyChinesenames,titles,andexpressionscanappearinabewilderingarrayofforms,fash•ionsandspellings.Oftentheserenderingsare
4、decoratedwithaprofusionofconfusingandvarieddiacriticalmarks.Forexample,thePersianSufipoetofthethirteenthcentury,MawlanaJalaladdinRumi,isreferredtoinscholarlyworksasRumi,Jalalal-DinRumi,Jalalu'ddinRumi,orevenJalaluT-DinRumi.InTurkeyheisknownasMavlana,inpopularworksheisknownsimplyasRumior
5、JalaluddinRumi,andinIranasMaulana.ThePersianhistoriancAtaMalikcAlaal-DmJuwayniappearsoftenasJuvaini,orJuvaini,orAta-MalikJuvaini,orcombinationsofthese.Chinesenamesareevenmorevariedandconfusing,andwhenconsultingotherbooksandmapsthesevariationsshouldbeborneinmind.ChinggisKhan(GenghisKhan,
6、ChingizKhan)attackedtheXi-Xiaearlyinhiscareer.TheseearlytargetsarealsocalledtheXixia,theHsi-hsia,ortheHsi-Hsia.BeforeitbecametheMongolcapital,Da-du,orTa-tu,wasreferredtoasZhong-du,Chung-du,Chang-tu,orChong-du.Untilaninternationallyacceptedsys•temoftransliterationisestablishedthisconfusi
7、onwillcontinue.However,anawarenessoftheproblemandaflexibleattitudetospellingandtrans•literationwillgreatlyalleviatethedifficultiesinthemeantime.IwouldliketoexpressmygratitudeforthegenerosityoftheCommitteeforCentralandInnerAsia(CCIA),FacultyofOrientalStudies,CambridgeUniversityw
