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Considered to be one of the masterpieces of Persian prose literature, this work delves into the career of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire (1206-1227) and the reigns of his three successors. Juvaini, the narrator, was in the service of the Mongol governors of northern Persia and personally knew many of the chief actors in the dramatic story he told. This a revised edition of the late John Boyle's translation, a reference in any study of the history of the Mongol Empire.