The Nāṣirī Generations 245.9

245.9

Yāfis, son of Nūḥ, having died at the age of 250—some say 240—years, Turk was chosen head of his people; and they styled him Yāfis-Ughlān, or Yāfis the younger, and the country now called Turkistān took its name from him. He is said to have been contemporary with Gaiū-mart, the first of the Maliks of 'Ajam, and he was the first who pitched tents and dwelt in them, and made huts of reeds and grass. Another account states that Turk succeeded to the authority at a place named Silūk—and that he had four sons: 1. Tunag, or Tutag; 2. Chigal—[the name of a tribe, and of a city or town near Ṭirāz, and is now applied to a small tract of country]; 3. Barsinjār—and 4. Imlāḳ.