The Nāṣirī Generations 271.3.7

271.3.7

After performing the funeral ceremonies—the preliminary mourning—the bier of the Great Khan was taken up, and his army set out on their return homeward, and the bier was in due time conveyed to his úrdús in the locality of his aṣl or aṣlī yūrat, which was “within the limits of,” not at, Kara-Kuram. The corpse was finally buried at the foot of a large and solitary tree, under which, one day, when following the chase—not when he was “ill”—he had rested, and at which time he remarked: “This place is suitable for my sepulchre.” The place in question is called Bulkan Kaldun, according to some authorities, and Burkan Kaldun by others, including Abu-ul-Ghazi, Bahadur Khan, which is merely the change of l for r. After the burial, the place was proscribed against intrusion from one generation to another, the word used to denote it is quruq or quruq an ’Arabic word signifying “confiscated,” “prohibited,” “embargo,” “ban,” etc., and it was called the —“the exclusive or especially prohibited place,” which words appear to be the translation of Burkan Kaldun. The Ta-ishi, Yasu Buqa, the Uhud Urmangqut of the race of Kaian, was the Korchi or guardian of the spot, which guardianship appertained exclusively to his tribe, who were, in consequence, exempted from all other duties and services.