The Nāṣirī Generations 251.6

251.6

If I mistake not, we shall find that the people named Budziak, who dwell on the banks of the Borysthenes, W. of the Black Sea, are offshoots of the Bardz-uḳ division. VII. In accordance with the above compact, on the death of his father, Kabal—or Kabali—Khan succeeded to the chieftain-ship, and his brother Ka-juli, to the leadership of the troops. The Mughals style Ḳabal Sian Alan-jik—or Alan-jīk—which signifies “the cherisher of his people.” He is the great grandfather of the Chingiz Khan, and of Ka-juli, who is the eighth ancestor of Amir Timur. All the tribes of the Mughals were in unanimity and accord with him, and stood in awe of his power and ascendancy, and the Altan Khan of Khita sent an emissary to him and summoned him to his Court. Those, however, who desire to glorify the Mughals, say, he “invited him to his Court, in a friendly manner,” but there is little doubt, even by their own accounts, that the Mughals were dependent upon, and paid tribute to the Altun or Altan Khans, as our author, Minhaj-ud-Din, likewise asserts. Kabal, leaving his brother his Deputy or Lieutenant, set out for might remain a memorial of the writer of this Tabakat—