The Nāṣirī Generations 258.9.3

258.9.3

But what are the facts? Having passed the Atil, with the consent of the Khifchak tribes, the season being far advanced, the Mughals had to winter in the Dasht-i-Khifchak. They appropriated the lands and pastures of the Khifchak tribes, in consequence of which hostilities arose between them and the Mughals; but the latter, being unable to cope with the former, had to act on the defensive, and send for aid to Juji Khan, who, since the disagreement with his brothers before Urganj of Khwarazm, had retired into the Dasht-i-Khifchak, which had previously been assigned to him as his fief. The Chingiz Khan did not move homewards from the Indus until the spring of 620 H., and passed the summer at Bughlan or Bughlan; and they only joined him in the summer of 621 H., when he was encamped near the Sihun, while others say they re-joined him only at Kalur-an. Juji sent them aid, the Khifchak tribes were now forced to submit; and Juji, at this juncture, was summoned to join his father, who was on his return homewards, and he therefore kept Jabah [Yamah] and Swidae [Sahudah] in Khifchak during his absence. They, by his command, reduced the Naguz [vul. Nogays], crossed the river in their route, easily on the ice, reached what was afterwards known as Haji-Tarkhan, the capital of the Naguz, situated on an island in the Atil or Wolga, reduced it, and compelled the Naguz to submit, after a war of six months, to the Mughal yoke.