The Book of Akbar 111.8

111.8

It appears as if the world-adorning Deity desired to remove from the frame of this lofty lineage, the disguise of the Commander-in-Chiefship which Tumana Khan had imposed but which had really been fashioned by the Divine artificers while completing the evolution of his Majesty, the king of kings, (and that so) a forgetfulness ensued which surpassed in excellence thousands of good designs. Inasmuch as the Divine protection was ever guarding this lofty line, no failure in the compact and agreement occurred on the part of Qacull Bahadur's descendants so that when the turn of sovereignty, which was due to their innate and acquired power of direction, arrived and they attained the divan-adorning Caliphate, there could be no reproach brought against them by the wise. Likewise this was the beginning of the rise of that light of fortune, his Majesty, the Lord of Conjunction (Timur) whose holy existence was the forerunner of the perpetual dominion of his Majesty, the king of kings. After his father's decease, Caghatai Khan made Peshbaligh his capital and having made over the control of the army and of the subjects to Amir Qaracar Nuyan, he spent most of his time in the service of Okadai Qa'an. Though Okadai was younger than himself, he shewed no slackness in performing his duties and in the minutiae of obedience and heartily observed the conditions of the will.