An examination of the military command of Sali Noyan based on Persian historical records
At the beginning of Ögedei Khan's succession to the throne,he dispatched Chormaqan to lead another westward campaign.Apart from the main force which he led and eventually settled in the Mughan steppe,there were two other troops which stationed on the eastern frontier of the Ilkhanate and have not received sufficient scholarly attention.One army was led by Monggetu and Okhotor and stationed in the Badakhshan and surrounding areas;the other one was successively commanded by Dayir,Hulu-qutu,and Qara Noyan and stationed in the Herat region.After Möngke came to the imperial power,Sali Noyan took command of the two armies.According to the Persian text Tārīkh-i Harāt,Sali Noyan served under Dayir during late years of Ögödei Khan's reign and participated in the campaign against Hin-dustan.The transfer of supreme authority in the Herat region from Dayir to Chaqadai Ulus,and subse-quently to Sali Noyan who acted as a representative of the Tolui family at the time,reflected the power struggle between the Tolui branch and the collateral descendants of Genghis Khan over local control.The shift in the real power situation resulting from political rivalry is another contributing factor to the fragmen-tation of the Great Mongol State,which has not yet been thoroughly investigated.
the Great Mongol StateMönggetüDayirSaliTārīkh-i Harāt
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