"He personally abolished the use of torture."
Somehow I find this hard to believe.
There is a new book out on the biography of Genghis Khan. He did ban the use of torture. He killed his enemies, he didn't torure them.
Unfortunately, some of his successors re-adopted this vicious practise.
Actually it was a great book. I can't remember the name of the author, but I pulled it out of the New Book section of my library last month.
Genghis Khan was a great man. He knew the secret of fighting and winning wars - kill you enemies as quickly and thoroughly as possible and always do the unexpected and attack from where least anticipated.
We need him in Iraq and Iran.