The Nāṣirī Generations 245.7

245.7

Maog, or Mansag, son of Yafis, was full of deceit and artifice, and he took up his dwelling on the side of Bulghar. There is the land of the Ghuzz, and the whole of that race are his descendants, from his son, named Ghuzz; and they are the worst of the descendants of Yafis. Some few writers say “the worst of the Turks,” but to be Turks they must have been descended from Turk, which does not appear to have been the case. After the decease of Yafis, Mansag managed to get possession of the rain-stone, and it remained with the Ghuzz, but, on one occasion, when Turk required it to bring rain, he sent and demanded the stone from them. They substituted a false one and sent it, which being discovered, strife arose, and numbers of the Ghuzz family were killed in consequence, and, from that time, enmity has continued between the Turks and Turk-mans. [See under Aghuz, farther on, for the origin of this name.] Ghuzz’s eldest son was killed in this affair. He was named Beghu — بيغو which is also written Beghun — بيغون — the n being nasal, and hence the Turk-mans style themselves Beghu. See note *, page 374, and note §, page 433. Gumari [Gomer of European historians] who is also called Kimal or Gimal and that the authority of the Muhammadan religion de-