The Nāṣirī Generations 257.3.4

257.3.4

In the “General Description of Kashghar,” contained in the “Report” of the Yarkand Mission, previously referred to, we are told [p. 100], as to the Ancient punishments before the 10th century (Moghul): “Under the Moghuls, a noble was entitled to forgiveness nine times, but for the tenth was The descendants of the two persons above referred to were the progenitors of two tribes, styled respectively Badae Tarkhans, and Kashlik Tarkhans. The Tarkhans of the Dasht-i-Kibchak and Khwarazm are the descendants of Badae, while those of Turkistan are the descendants of Kishlik. Several great Amirs arose from these tribes, among whom was the Tarkhan, Haji, who was the founder of a city on the Atil, to which he gave his name. It was known as Haji Tarkhan, which, in after-years, was styled Hashtar Khan, but which European writers have “twisted” into Astrakhan, and not Orientals, as the author of the “Mongols Proper” imagines. In the battle with the Awang Khan, among other booty captured, was the bargah of that sovereign, which was of cloth of gold. This Tamur-chi bestowed, with other things, upon Badae and Kashlik, and, in after-times, the distinguishing mark of a Tarkhan was a piece of the golden cloth tent of the Awang Khan, which they used to wear hanging from their turbans.