The Rashīdī History 50.7

50.7

When the Khan ascended the throne of the Khanate, the foundations of the State, which, under the usurpation of Kamaruddin and the ascendency of Amir Timur, had been much shaken, were once more strengthened and consolidated. Old customs and rights, which had fallen into disuse or oblivion, were revived, while the affairs of the kingdom and the business of the nobles were restored to order. Among other matters that received attention was the restoration to his rights of Amir Khudaidad. For in the reign of Chingiz Khan there had been granted to the ancestors of Amir Khudaidad the following seven privileges: 1. Tabl (or the drum). 2. Alam (or the Standard), the former being called in Turki "nakkara," the latter "tuman tugh." 3. Two of his servants might wear the Kushun-tugh; Kushun-tugh is synonymous with "chapar tugh." 4. He might wear the Kur in the councils of the Khan, though it is a custom among the Moghuls that no one but the Khan may carry his quiver in his hand. 5. Certain privileges in connection with the Khan's hunt. 6. He was to be an Amir over all the Moghuls, and in the farmans his name was to be entered as "Sirdar of the Ulus of Moghuls." 7. In the presence of the Khan, the other Amirs were to sit a bow's length further than he from the Khan.