[Footnote16:Willerm。Tyr。l。i。c。7，p。633。ThedivinationbyarrowsisancientandfamousintheEast。]
[Footnote17:D\'Herbelot，p。801。Yetafterthefortuneofhisposterity，Seljukbecamethethirty—fourthinlinealdescentfromthegreatAfrasiab，emperorofTouran，p。800。TheTartarpedigreeofthehouseofZingisgaveadifferentcasttoflatteryandfable；andthehistorianMirkhondderivestheSeljukidesfromAlankavah，thevirginmother，p。801，col。2。IftheybethesameastheZalzutsofAbulghaziBahadurKahn，Hist。
Genealogique，p。148，wequoteintheirfavorthemostweightyevidenceofaTartarprincehimself，thedescendantofZingis，Alankavah，orAlancu，andOguzKhan。]
[Footnote18:Byaslightcorruption，TogrulBegistheTangroli—pixoftheGreeks。HisreignandcharacterarefaithfullyexhibitedbyD\'HerbelotBibliothequeOrientale，p。
1027，1028andDeGuignes，Hist。desHuns，tom。iii。p。189—