children and your old men together in the streets. At present you are the only enemy against whom we have to march. -Hulagu Khan’s Ultimatum to Sultan of Mamluk Egypt Source 5 Whosoever commits adultery will be executed, The man in whose possession a stolen horse is found whether or not they have previous convictions. must return it to its owner and add nine horses of the -Laws of Genghis Khan same kind: if he is unable to pay this fine, his children must be taken instead of the horses, and if If a woman who is captured by a Mongol has a he have no children, he himself shall be slaughtered husband no one will enter into a relationship with her. like a sheep. If [a Mongol] desires a married woman he will kill the -Laws of Genghis Khan husband and then have relations with the woman. -Laws of Genghis Khan If then there is no means to prevent drunkenness, a man may become drunk thrice a month; if he oversteps this limit he makes himself guilty of a Forbidden, under death penalty, to pillage the enemy punishable offense. If he is drunk only twice a before the general commanding gives permission; but month, that is better if only once, that is more after this permission is given the soldier must have the – praiseworthy. What could be better than that he same opportunity as the officer, and must be allowed should not drink at all? But where shall we find a to keep what he has carried off, provided he has paid man who never drinks? his share to the receiver for the emperor. -Rashid ad-Din, Collected Chronicles - Laws of Genghis Khan [Genghis Khan] ordered that all religions were to be It is forbidden under penalty of death that anyone, respected and that no preference was to be shown to whoever he be, shall be proclaimed emperor unless he any of them. has been elected previously by the princes, khans, -al-Makrizi officers, and other Mongol nobles in a general council. -Laws of Genghis Khan
children and your old men together in the streets. At present you are the only enemy against whom we have to march. -Hulagu Khan’s Ultimatum to Sultan of Mamluk Egypt Source 5 The man in whose possession a stolen horse is found must return it to its owner and add nine horses of the same kind: if he is unable to pay this fine, his children must be taken instead of the horses, and if he have no children, he himself shall be slaughtered like a sheep. -Laws of Genghis Khan If then there is no means to prevent drunkenness, a man may become drunk thrice a month; if he oversteps this limit he makes himself guilty of a punishable offense. If he is drunk only twice a month, that is better – if only once, that is more praiseworthy. What could be better than that he should not drink at all? But where shall we find a man who never drinks? -Rashid ad-Din, Collected Chronicles [Genghis Khan] ordered that all religions were to be respected and that no preference was to be shown to any of them. -al-Makrizi Whosoever commits adultery will be executed, whether or not they have previous convictions. -Laws of Genghis Khan If a woman who is captured by a Mongol has a husband no one will enter into a relationship with her. If [a Mongol] desires a married woman he will kill the husband and then have relations with the woman. -Laws of Genghis Khan Forbidden, under death penalty, to pillage the enemy before the general commanding gives permission; but after this permission is given the soldier must have the same opportunity as the officer, and must be allowed to keep what he has carried off, provided he has paid his share to the receiver for the emperor. - Laws of Genghis Khan It is forbidden under penalty of death that anyone, whoever he be, shall be proclaimed emperor unless he has been elected previously by the princes, khans, officers, and other Mongol nobles in a general council. -Laws of Genghis Khan