[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Kashmir](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir) › [Tārīkh-i Rashīdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi) › [The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross) › 193 # The Rashīdī History 193: CHAPTER LXXIII. · KHWAJA TAJ-UD-DIN IS ALLOWED TO RETURN TO TURFAN. THE KHAN MAKES PEACE WITH THE KAZAK-UZBEG. OTHER CONTEMPORARY EVENTS. The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 193 - **Language:** English ### [193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.193) When Khwaja Taj-ud-Din came from Turfan, the Khan received him with due honour. He stayed one year in Yarkand, and then returned \[to Turfan\]. Next winter Rashid Sultan went and plundered the Kalmak, slew one of their Amirs named Baran Taishi, and acquired the honourable name of Ghazi. He had his winter quarters at Kuchkar, whither the Khan went with a small attendance \[yartka\] and joined him. With the middle of the winter arrived Tahir Khan, who has been briefly mentioned above among the Kazak Khans. After a long intercourse by means of ambassadors, it was ascertained that he had come to wait on the Khan, and to deliver over to him Sultan Nigar Khanim, the Khan's aunt. This Sultan Nigar Khanim has been already spoken of above. She was the fourth daughter of Yunus Khan, and after the death of Sultan Mahmud Mirza, son of Abu Said Mirza, she was given to Adik Sultan, son of Jani Beg Khan, the Kazak. By Mirza Sultan Mahmud she had one child, Mirza Khan, who became king of Badakhshan, and in the year 917 died a natural death. His son, Sulaiman Shah Mirza, is now ruling in Badakhshan. By Adik Sultan she had two daughters, the elder of whom was married to Abdullah Sultan, son of Kuchum Khan, but died soon after. The younger was given, at this time, to Rashid Sultan, as shall be mentioned. After the death of Adik Sultan, this Sultan Nigar Khanim married his brother Kasim Khan. When this last died, the Khanship devolved upon Tahir Khan, who was the son of Adik Sultan. He was very much attached to the Khanim, and even preferred her to the mother that had given him birth. She showed him her gratitude, but entreated him, saying: "Although you are my child, and I neither think of nor desire any child but you, nevertheless I am grown old, and have no longer the strength to bear this migratory life in the deserts of Uzbegistan. I wish you now to take me to my nephew, Sultan Said Khan, that I may pass my last days in a city and enjoy some quiet and repose. Moreover, in consequence of \[the hostility of\] the Mangit your affairs in Uzbegistan are not thriving. On account of the opposition \[of the Moghuls\] your army has decreased from 1,000,000 men to 400,000, and you have no longer strength to oppose them. I will be a mediator for you, and will bring about a reconciliation between you and the Moghul Khakans. In this way the Mangit may be kept in check." Tahir Khan fell in with this plan and came to the borders of Moghulistan, where negotiations for peace were entered upon. He came in person to Kuchkar and waited on the Khan. The latter, from love of his aunt, rose \[to receive him\], saying: "Although my rising \[to receive\] you is contrary to the Tura, yet my great gratitude to you for having brought my aunt, makes it possible for me to rise." Thus saying the Khan rose, but \[Tahir Khan\], observing all the formalities, bowed his head to the ground, and then advanced towards the Khan, who having embraced him, showed him great honour and showered royal favours upon him. After this, his sister, the Khanim's daughter, was given in marriage to Rashid Sultan, in whose haram she is at the present time. She has children, each of whom will be mentioned in the proper place. At the time of \[Tahir Khan's\] departure, Muhammad Kirghiz was captured a second time, and brought bound to Kashghar. The reason for this was that he had shown signs of insubordination, and a desire to escape to the Uzbeg. He was therefore detained in custody, but after the Khan's death he was released. The Khan now returned to Kashghar, and I was left in Moghulistan to keep the people quiet. But in spite of my efforts, I was unable to pacify the Kirghiz, who fled and again betook themselves to the remotest parts of Moghulistan, where they joined Tahir Sultan. Some of them, however, remained. In this year a son was born to the Khan. - [Previous: 192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.192) - [Next: 194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.194) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.193) · Pramāṇa