Gengis Khan frasi celebri
da un testo del 1219 riportato su una stele taoista
Origine: Citato in Grado G. Merlo, I mongoli da Gengis khān a Tamerlano in Nicola Tranfaglia e Massimo Firpo, La storia. I grandi problemi dal Medioevo all'Età Contemporanea, volume II, Il Medioevo, 2, Popoli e strutture politiche, UTET, Torino, 1986, p. 561. ISBN 88-02-03989-5
Gengis Khan: Frasi in inglese
As quoted in Ta'Rikh-i-Jahan Gusha [History of the World Conqueror] by 'Ala-ad-Din 'Ata-Malik Juvaini (ca. 1252-1260), translated by J.A. Boyle (1958), p. 105
Contesto: O people, know that you have committed great sins, and that the great ones among you have committed these sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
“God is everywhere, and you can find him everywhere.”
Mohammad Habib and Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (ed.), A Comprehensive History of India, New Delhi, 1970, Volume V, The Sultanat, First Reprint, 1982. Quoted from Sita Ram Goel, The Calcutta Quran Petition (1999) ISBN 9788185990583 Chapter 10.
“Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives.”
As quoted in The Mongol Empire : Its Rise and Legacy (1940) by Michael Prawdin, p. 224
As given in Rashid al-Din's Compendium of Chronicles (Jami' al-tawarikh) ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jami%27_al-tawarikh) (Can find a translated version on google books: http://books.google.com/books?id=d2SWstj6j3AC&lpg=PA142&ots=8Tn8g77BgR&dq=genghis%20khan%20and%20drinking&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q=genghis%20khan%20and%20drinking&f=false)
As quoted in The Tyrants : 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption (2006) by Clive Foss, p. 55 ISBN 1905204965
