The Nāṣirī Generations 257.5.2

257.5.2

From thence Tamur-chī returned, in triumph, to his own yūrat again. Ḳarā-Ḳuram, I may mention, is never once named in the histories I have been quoting from, up to this period. Every tribe, however, which submitted, Tamur-chī ceased from oppressing and treating with severity, incorporated it with his people, and showed it The Chingiz Khan bound the whole of the people of the favour and kindness, but those which manifested contumacy, and refused to submit, he brought under the sword, both chiefs and tribes, so that, in this manner, he succeeded in bringing most of the Mughal tribes under his sway. Those among them who were with him in his first encounter with the Awang Khan, whom he cherished, and to whom he had assigned certain ranks and degrees, and given certain exemptions, as previously narrated, he now directed should be formed into Tomāns—ten thousands—Hazārahs [there never was, nor is there, a “famous tribe” so named]—Thousands—Sadahs—Hundreds—and Dahahs or Dah-bashis—Tens: these words it must be remembered, are not the Mughal terms, but the Persian translation of Un Ming, Ming, Yuz, and Un respectively; and these degrees have continued to be observed among them down to modern times.