The Nāṣirī Generations 257.4.7

257.4.7

another division of the Makrit tribe — the Urhar Makrit — the chief of which was named Da-ir or Ta-ir [the Turks, and the people of the different aymāḳs, use d for t and ṭ, and vice versâ] Asun, who, with his division of the tribe, was then encamped on the Taz Mūran, or River Taz, hoping to obtain support from them. When the Bīgī, Tūktā, and his followers arrived there, Tā-īr Asun told them that he had not the power to cope with Tamur-chī, and so, taking along with him his daughter, Kūlān Khātūn, he sought the presence of Tamur-chī, who received him honourably. He then represented that, for want of cattle, the whole of his people were unable to come and join his camp; but Tamur-chī, being somewhat suspicious of them, would not allow him and his followers to dwell in his own yūrat, but placed an intendant over them, and, soon after, Tamur-chī set out for his own yūrat, as before stated. After his departure, the Makrīts, with Tā-īr Asun, took to plundering the Mughals still remaining behind, but were resisted, and the plunder recaptured from them. After this, the Makrīts went away. Tamur-chī, on becoming aware of their proceedings, resolved to uproot them. He invested one sept of them, the Ūdūkūt, who were in the stronghold of Bījanad, which they call Wāekāl Ḳurbān, took it, overcame several other septs of the same tribe, and then retired.