The Nāṣirī Generations 256.1.8

256.1.8

After a short time, a number of the ghans of the Turks became hostile to Arsalan; and, unable to resist them, he again fled to Sanjar for help, and again the Sultan restored him, after punishing his enemies. The soldiery of Arsalan Khan were principally of the two septs of Karlughiah Turks, and Ghuzz; and the former, having been intrigued with, and gained over by Ashraf, the 'Alawi, son of Muhammad-i-Abi-Shuja', the Samrkandi, to combine with Nasr Khan, Arsalan’s son, the 'Alawi incited Nasr Khan to dethrone his father. Arsalan Khan gained intimation of the plot, and forthwith put his son, and the 'Alawi to death. After this, Arsalan regarded the Karlughiah with hostility, and they looked upon him with dread. At last, they combined to destroy him; and Arsalan had again to fly to Sultan Sanjar. He marched towards Samrkand to quell this outbreak, upon which, the Karlughiah took to flight and retired to the mountains. Another version of these events is, that Arsalan Khan had located 12,000 khargahs, or felt tents of Karlughs, equal to that number of families, on his eastern frontier to protect it from the incursions of the Chinese [Khita-is], but he had latterly ill-treated them, and they had left his dominions, and retired into the territory of Bilasaghun, the particulars respecting which will be found in the account of the Gur Khans, farther on.