The Rashīdī History 106.2

106.2

When the Khan was leading away the Moghuls to Tashkand, a number of them who were loth to go, having seized the Khan's younger son, Sultan Ahmad Khan, abandoned the party and stayed behind in Moghulistan. The Khan meanwhile arrived in Tashkand with his elder son, Sultan Mahmud Khan, and the rest of the Moghuls. It would be tedious to relate their proceedings in this Epitome, but they will (God willing) be given in the First Part. When Yunus Khan went to the palace of eternity, he left the kingdom to Sultan Mahmud Khan, and the Moghuls, according to their custom, placed him on his father's throne. It is a common occurrence that those who inherit what their father has left them, do not appreciate its worth ; thus the new Khan, undervaluing the great Amirs who had served his father, expelled them and set up, in their stead, weak-minded and base men : while his old friends being defeated, old enemies, who styled themselves new friends, now gained the supremacy. But in this new order of things, the Khan found it difficult to withstand these [new advisers] ; nay, was incapable of keeping together his kingdom. When Alacha Khan heard of this, although he was occupied with rebellions and seditions on the confines of Moghulistan (which was under his rule), he did his best to punish those [who opposed him], and then, setting up his eldest son, Mansur Khan, in his own place, hastened to the court of his brother. This was in the year 907 [1501-2].