The Nāṣirī Generations 257.2.3

257.2.3

For a period of eight years Tamur-chi remained with the Awang Khan, during which time he did good service for him, and gained him several victories. Among these was his victory over Irkah Kara, or irkah Kara [also called tikah-Kara], the brother of the Awang Khan, who was in rebellion, and resisted his brother's authority, and Yorkin [it is written by Abu-l-Ghazi, Bahadur, Portakin, Bortakin, and Bortikin], and the Bigi, Tukta, the Peshwa, or leader of the Makrit tribe [also written Markit, but the first appears to be preferred] of the Kaiat sept, descended from Kaian; but some call them Nairuns. After these events, the tribes of Tanjtut, Saljiut, Kunghur-at, Durman, Jajar-at, Jalair, Ufr-at, also written Iur-at, Yorkin, and Katghin, or Katkin, and Tamur-chi's former opponents, the Makrits, and some of the Tartar I-maks entered into a confederacy against the Awang Khan and Tamur-chi. They came to a compact, and took oath according to the most stringent tenets of their religion, by sacrificing a horse, a bullock, a ram, and a dog, to be faithful to each other; and, among them, there is no other engagement more solemn. This was in 596 H.