The Nāṣirī Generations 248.1.3

248.1.3

Inveterate enmity had, long prior to this, arisen between the I-mak of Tattar and I-mak of Mughal, as previously mentioned, and Tur succeeded in gaining over to his side Sunj or Sundz Khan, the eighth chief of the Tattar dynasty, and his subjects, and the I-ghurs, who were descended from another son of Mughal Khan, and had formed a separate tribe at an early date, and had now become a great nation, likewise aided Tur. The confederates marched against I-yal Khan, but the tribes of the Mughal I-mak, being much attached to I-yal Khan, fought bravely in his defence, and a great number of Tattars and I-ghurs and followers of Tur were slain in the conflict which ensued, and were pursued for two farsakhs by the Mughals; but victory was soon turned into defeat. The retreat of the confederates was a mere ruse, and, the Mughals having left their strong position and broken their array to pursue them, the confederates faced about—some say the confederates did not renew the attack until next day, when they fell upon them unawares—and entirely overthrew them, put the whole of them to the sword, and made a general massacre of the Mughal people, in such wise that, with the exception of Kaian, son of I-yal Khan, and Naguz, son of I-yal’s maternal uncle, and their two wives who were sisters, and all four of whom chanced to be without the camp at the time, not a soul escaped of the whole Mughal I-mak.