It is the first Batu must sit and run a frequented ordo, to listen to the peoples’ suggestions on mongol affairs, and judge cases from the nokud. None yet so grave or tedious. It is only the start of a court.
A king of the steppe is at the mercy of his petitioners, for he never does refuse, but it is the way things must be.
It is this day, some hours into government, when a woman of the clan, Maral with her warm-blue pelts, appears accompanied by a another sort— a yearling starved to the bone.
At a distance, Batu gives them safeguard, welcoming them onward into the circle of gers and his waiting audience.
A king of the steppe is at the mercy of his petitioners, for he never does refuse, but it is the way things must be.
It is this day, some hours into government, when a woman of the clan, Maral with her warm-blue pelts, appears accompanied by a another sort— a yearling starved to the bone.
At a distance, Batu gives them safeguard, welcoming them onward into the circle of gers and his waiting audience.
mongolian | mandarin
