Description
This early Western history of Genghis Khan, the 13th-century Mongol emperor who established the world’s largest contiguous empire, is by François Pétis (1622–95), an interpreter of Arabic and Turkish at the French court. In a long and distinguished career, Pétis translated a history of France into Turkish, compiled a French-Turkish dictionary, and created a catalog of the Turkish and Persian manuscripts owned by the king of France. François Pétis de la Croix (1653–1713), the son of François Pétis, took over the position of interpreter from his father ...