The Nāṣirī Generations 187.2.3

187.2.3

After Muhammad-i-Bakht-yar possessed himself of that territory [Rae Lakhmaniah's], he left the city of Nudiah in desolation, and the place which is [now] Lakhanawati he made the seat of government. He brought the different parts of that territory under his sway, and instituted therein, in every part, the reading of the Khutbah, and the coining of money and, through his praiseworthy endeavours, and those of his Amirs, masjids, colleges, and monasteries [for Darweshes], were founded in those parts. Of the booty and wealth [taken] he despatched a large portion to the presence of Sultan Kutb-ud-Din, I-bak. After some years had passed away, and he had ascertained the state of the different mountain tracts of Turkistan and Tibbat to the eastward of Lakhanawati, the ambition of seizing the country of Turkistan and Tibbat began to torment his brain ; and he had an army got ready, and about 10,000 horse were organized. In the different parts of those mountains which lie between Tibbat and the country of Lakhanawati are three races of people, one called the Kunch, the second the Mej [Meg], and the third the Tiharu ; and all have Turk countenances. They have a different idiom too, between the language of Hind and Turk. One of the chiefs of the tribes of Kunch and Mej, whom they were wont to call 'Ali, the Mej, fell into the hands of Muhammad-i-Bakht-yar, the Khalj, and, at his hand also, the former adopted the Muhammadan faith.