The Nāṣirī Generations 256.1.3

256.1.3

IX. Arsalan Khan, son of the Bughra Khan [No. IV.] who was, at that period, Lord of Kashghar, Khutan, Khujand, and Bilasa-ghun, now succeeded to the sovereignty, but, between him and his own brother, Bughra, hostility arose, and the latter overcame Arsalan, and made him captive. Arsalan is the person to whom Sultan Mas'ud of Ghaznin sent a despatch after the battle of Dandankan, mentioned in note 1, page 94. X. The Bughra Khan, son of Kadr Khan, who was Lord of Banki, or Taraz, and Sinjab [Isfanjab or Sfanjab, as it is also written. See page 28], after having overcome his brother, Arsalan, became absolute ruler. The mention of these provinces and countries sufficiently indicates the extent of country under the sway of the Afrasiyabi Maliks. The Bughra Khan nominated his eldest son, Ja'far-Tigin, his heir, on which the mother of Ibrahim, the youngest son, poisoned the Bughra Khan, together with some of his Amirs, and also put an end to Arsalan Khan, who was still in confinement, in 439 H. Bughra, also written with ق for Bughra, is the same well-known Turkish name that is turned into Bagora Khan by Stewart in his History of Bengal, and Baikara by others.