The Nāṣirī Generations 271.2.2

271.2.2

When he reached that territory [Tingit], there was a Khan in the country of Tingit, a man of great energy and intrepidity, and he had an army and munitions and war materials beyond computation; and, on account of the multitude of his troops, the power of his servants, the amplitude of his dominions, the vastness of his riches, wealth, and treasures, he had assumed to himself the name of “the Tingri Khan.” On several occasions the Mughal troops had invaded his territory, but had not overcome him or slain on the side of Shidarku, but some say, as is most probable, on either side, that three corpses were found, after the battle, standing on their heads ! Among the Mughals it has become firmly established [in their minds ?] that for every ten tomans—100,000 persons—slain on the battle-field, one of the killed stands on its head [sic in MSS.]. The author of the "Mongols Proper" (p. 102) has got hold of this fable through some foreign translation, but the translator has made a muddle of it. Certainly “the great Raschid” never made such an error in telling it. Mr.