The Book of Akbar 111.7

111.7

Transoxiana, Turkistan, the borders of Khwarizm, the cities of the Uighurs, Kāshghar, Badakhshan, Balkh and Ghaznih as far as the Indus, he assigned to Caghatai Khan. He also made over the covenant of Qabal Khan and Qaculi Bahadur to Caghatai and said to him, "Depart not from the counsels of Qaracar Nuyan and regard him as your partner in rule and realm." He also established between them the bond of fatherhood and sonship. In this way the noble line (Akbar’s) came to be called Caghatai; otherwise the relationship of Caghatai and his ancestors with his Majesty, the king of kings, is one of glory and superiority not of propinquity and similarity. The Princes and Nuyans acted according to the testament. Good God! could there be such a breach of covenant by an eminently wise man like Cinglz Khan! The covenant which had been adorned by the seal-royal (Altamgha) of Tumana Khan should have been given to Okadai Qa/an and he should have been made over to be educated and succoured by the weighty counsels of Qaracar Nuyan so that the provisions of the compact might be carried into effect; or did they not produce that covenant till he (Cingiz) was carried away by the inbred forgetfulness of human nature, and thus the mark of censure in the book of his knowledge was obliterated by the line of obliviousness. It is strange too that old writers while treating of this subject with verbiage, cavilling and equivocation have not come to a right determination about it.