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Article: Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongal State in Central Asia.(Review)
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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- January 1, 2000
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Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongal State in Central Asia. By MICHAL BIRAN. Richmond, Surrey: CURZON PRESS, 1997. Pp. x + 198. [pounds] 40.
Stacks of books and piles of studies, some wise, some less, have been written about the Mongol Conquest, about how Chinggis Qan and his successors connected East and West with sword and arrow. In this handy little book Ms. Biran of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem offers something new: a lucid and thorough account of the great deeds and eventful life of Qaidu (1236-1301), grandson of [ddot{O}]g[ddot{o}]dei, the first Great Khan ([Qa.sup.[contains]]an) of Chinggis Qan's house, a hitherto less-recognized personality, ...