The Nāṣirī Generations 256.2.4

256.2.4

XXI. Tamghaj Khan, son of Muhammad Khan [but whether this is the same Muhammad, who is called Ahmad, and dethroned and again restored to sovereignty by Sultan Sanjar, is not stated], became Wali of Mawara-un-Nahr after Sultan Sanjar's imprisonment by the Ghuzz, but he did not possess much grandeur or power, and his reign was a very stormy and agitated one. He was tributary to the Khita-is, who continued to hold sway in those parts, after Sanjar's captivity, until finally driven out and expelled by Sultan Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah. Tamghaj Khan was at length slain and his corpse cast into the desert by the Karluks or Karlughs. This happened in 551 H., some say, in 550 H. One author refers to a Tamghaj or Taghmaj Khan, named Ibrahim, son of Al-Husain [Al-Hasan ?], as one of the Khans of Turkistan, who, when he became absolute, came to Samrkand, and dwelt there many years. He was a great patron of 'Ulama and other learned men, and wrote Kur'ans which were sold, and the prices realized therefrom he subsisted on. He must be one and the same with the above, from the mention of Samrkand, although there [is a discrepancy with] respect to his father's name, and he too had a son, Khizr Khan, who is said to have been a Sultan of great pomp. Probably, Nos. X. and XI. are referred to. period of the Sanjari empire had nearly reached its termi-