«Тахиййат»: Сборник статей в честь Н. Н. Дьякова

m 158 n John Masson Smith, Jr. gave him the Golden Horde 1 ). Throughout these adventures, Temüchin strongly impressed those who met him, or heard of him. And since “power is conceived as emanating from [a chief], rather than delegated to him by his subjects” 2 , it should be noted that even his kidnappers, the Tayichi’ud brothers, Temüchin’s rival cousins by common, potentially-chiefly descent from Qaidu Qan, re- marked on his emanations: the “fire in his eyes” and “light in his face” 3 . The qualities of Temüchin that alarmed these potential rivals attracted others. The first of many was Bo’orchu, a young horse-herder who, without asking or informing his father, joined Temüchin to pursue the rustlers who had stolen his family’s ponies 4 . The trail led to a large camp, from which many men came out to pursue Temüchin and Bo’orchu as they drove off their stolen animals. Bo’orchu asked for Temüchin’s bow and arrows to shoot at them, but Temüchin, reluctant to put Bo’orchu in greater danger, did the shooting himself, holding off the pursuers until nightfall 5 . Here we see the first occasion of Temüchin offering adventure and challenge to, and inspiring emulation in a prototypical recruit: a youth, bored, ambitious, ea- ger to prove himself in accordance with the warriorist ethos of the Mon- gols (and of the Inner Asian nomads in general). The adventure, requiring bravery against the odds, formed a bond between the youths, and Bo’orchu shortly joined Temüchin as his first tribesman 6 . This element of Temüchin’s attractiveness, the offer of adventure and challenge, was decisive in Ching- gis’ career. Another significant episode followed the rescue by Toghrul, the Ong Qan of the Kereyids, of Temüchin’s wife, Börte, from her Merkid kidnappers, mobilizing his tribe and that of his ally, Jamuqa, a Mongol chieftain 7 . Af- ter the recovery of Börte, Toghrul arranged for Temüchin to join Jamuqa’s camp 8 , in part, surely, for better protection, but also, at least at first, out of a mutual attraction between Jamuqa and Temüchin 9 . The two had been good friends since Temüchin was eleven years old, had declared themselves 1 The westernmost region of the Mongol empire, formally, the Ulus Jochi; “Golden Horde”, a non-Mongol name, has become the most familiar one; “Great Horde” is anoth- er — borne still by a street in Moscow once used by Mongol messengers and Muscovite tribute-bearers. 2 Barth, 71–72. 3 SH, § 82. 4 SH , § 90. 5 SH, § 90–91. 6 SH, § 93, 95, recounted also in § 205. 7 SH, § 98–101, 104–112. 8 SH, § 116. 9 SH, § 115–118.