 By <unk> , at least one <unk> vassal state named " Gold <unk> " ( modern <unk> ) had submitted to the Mongols . Like in <unk> , the <unk> government responded by sending an army to reclaim the rebellious state ; but unlike in <unk> , the Mongols had posted a sizable garrison there . Though it was ultimately under <unk> command , many of the officers and most of the soldiers of the garrison were <unk> @-@ speaking peoples or people from the further west : Turks from <unk> , <unk> , <unk> and <unk> , but also captive soldiers from the Persian <unk> empire , the <unk> , and even <unk> from the lower <unk> . 
