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Muslim Governors (p.43 of History of the Mongols. Based on Eastern and Western Accounts of the 13th and 14th Centuries by Bertold Spuler):When Chinggiz Khan had completed his conquest of the lands of the Muslims he appointed by a decree bailiffs for the various cities. There came from the city of Urgench two Muslims from the family of Khurumshi, father and son, named Yalavach and Mas'ud. They explained to Chinggiz Khan the meaning and the importance of the cities. When he had been advised so as to have some idea of their importance, he appointed Yalavach's son Masud to administer together with our bailiffs the cities...He went and fetched his father Yalavach and took him with him and gave him the city of Jung-du (Beijing) of Kitat to administer. Since among the...Muslims, these two, Yalavach and Mas'ud, were the best versed in city affairs, he entrusted them together with the bailiffs, with the administration of the Kitat people.Which characteristic of Mongol rulers' approach to the administration of the empire does this passage highlight? Pick the most appropriate one among the following:

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