The Nāṣirī Generations 247.2

247.2

After this, such was his power, and the awe he was held in, that many ulus or tribes of the Tattar I-mak, as well as that of Mughal, became subject to him. He also brought under his sway the city of Talash, and Sairam or Siram to the frontiers of Bukhara. He adopted wise laws and regulations, and assigned names to several Turkish tribes [i. e. his own Mughal I-mak and such of the Tattar I-mak as had acknowledged his sway], by which names they are known still, such as I-ghur — ایغور — [an offshoot of Mughal Khan’s family] which signifies “coming to one’s aid” and “making a compact,” they having been the first to join him when his father resolved to take his life; Kankuli — قنقلی — which is also written Kanghuli — قنغلی — and Kanghuli — قانغلی — and Kankuli — قانقلی — which means a wheeled-carriage or cart, which they, on a certain expedition, invented, when the booty was so immense that there was difficulty in removing it. They are still to be found on the banks of the Sihun and parts adjacent. Abu-l-Ghazi says kankul — قنقلی — signifies the creaking of a wheel; Kabchak — قبچاق — which is also written Khafchak — خفچاق — and Kafchak — قفچاق — the meaning of which, it is said, is derived from قبوق or قبوک — signifying a tree hollow in the trunk. One of the conflicts in which Aghuz Khan was engaged was with It-barak, and Aghuz was overthrown, and had to retire into a delta, but seventeen years after he finally overcame him.