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Uktae, when he ascended the throne, and carried out the last command of his father, the Chingiz Khan, and massacred all the people of Tingit, both females and males, returned from thence towards Turkistan. Having brought that territory under his authority, he nominated armies to march into various parts of Khurasan and 'Irak, and styled the Asal or Original or Chief Yurat, which words refer to Kalur-an and Kara-Kuram, and which last is also celebrated as the Urdu-Baligh. After having performed the funeral ceremonies over their father and sovereign, the sons, Nu-yins, and Amirs, each retired to his respective ; and, for a period of two years, the mother of Ukdae and his brothers, Burtah Kushin, administered the affairs : she may be styled “Regent.” ### [273.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.273.2) After two years, and the period of mourning had expired, this Khatun, Burtah Kuchin, lest any untoward event might happen in the empire, summoned the sons of the deceased, and the great Amirs, to assemble at the Ulugh Yurat, which the Chinese style Ho-lin, and hold a kuriltae or diet; and, in the beginning of the spring of 626 H., they arrived. From I-mil and Ku-Tak came Uktae and his sons; from the Dasht-i-Kibchak came Batu, Barkah, Shaiban, Tangkut, and two other sons of Juji Khan; from the eastern parts of the empire \[i. e. east of Kalur-an\] came the Nu-yins, U-Tigin or Aw-Tigin—also written Unji and Unchi-Tigin—and Bilkuti, the brothers of the Chingiz Khan; Chaghatae Khan came from Bish-Baligh, and the Nu-yin, Karachar, from his yurat, besides numbers of other personages from all parts of the empire. The Ulugh Nu-yin, Tuli Khan, and other brothers younger than he, who were already present at the Ulugh Yurat, and his Amirs, also attended; and, after all the Princes, Nu-yins, and Amirs, had assembled, a mighty feast was given, during which the matter which brought them together there was discussed. After this, the testament of the Chingiz Khan, nominating Uktae as his successor, and the covenant entered into between the sons, confirming that nomination, were read out before all, in the presence of the troops then in the Urdu, in order that they also should confirm it. ### [273.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.273.3) All, with one accord, now addressed Uktae, saying: “In accordance with the will of the Chingiz Khan it behoveth thee to take thy seat on the throne of sovereignty;” but Uktae made excuses, saying: “There are others older than I am, my uncles and my brother Chaghatae: let one of them be raised to the throne; moreover, my younger brother Tuli is more worthy than I am, and, according to the customs and usages of the Mughals, youngest son of the greatest of the Khatuns, and who is in possession of the Yurat and place of abode, should succeed the father.” For forty days was this feasting continued, during which discussion went on, and daily did Uktae continue to make excuses; but, on the forty-first day, all the Princes and Nu-yins came before him and said: “This sovereignty was assigned to thee from among the rest of the brothers and sons of the Chingiz Khan: how then is it possible to contravene it?” Then the whole of the assembly, according to ancient \[Turkish\] custom, having taken goblets, removed their caps, unloosed their girdles, and thrown them over their shoulders, Chaghatae, as the elder brother, seized the right hand of Uktae, and Tuli his left, while his uncle, U-Tigin, seized him round the waist, and, with the approval of the Astrologers and Diviners, seated him on the throne, and hailed him by the title of Ka’an— ### [273.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.273.4) Ka’an, I would observe, cannot be “a contraction” for Khakan—because the metre of both words is precisely the same, and there is no kh in the former; further, that it was not “borne by all Ogotai’s successors,” for Kuyuk did not bear it, neither was it “new,” for Bu-zanjar, the ninth ancestor of the Chingiz Khan, bore that title. One writer indeed says that, “as the towards Ghur and Ghaznin, and began to administer the affairs of the country according to justice and equity, to keep his forces under subordination, and to cherish his subjects. ### [273.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.273.5) By nature, Uktae was exceedingly beneficent and of excellent disposition, and a great friend to the Musalmans. During his reign the Muhammadans in his dominions were tranquil and prosperous in condition, and treated with respect. He used to strive greatly to show honour to the Musalman people, and to render them flourishing and contented. In his reign, masjids were founded in all the cities of Tingit, Tamghaj, Tibbat, and the countries of Chin; and all the forts and strongholds of the region of the east he gave in charge to a number of Musalman Amirs. Such Amirs as they \[the Mughals\] had removed from the countries of I-ran and Turan he located in the cities of Upper Turkistan, and in the land of Chin and Tamghaj, and in Tingit, and commanded that they \[the Mughals\] should address Musalmans by the terms “friend,” and “brother.” He also directed the Mughals that they should give their daughters \[in marriage\] to Musalmans, and that if they \[the Musalmans\] should evince a desire to demand their children \[in marriage for their sons\] they should not deny them. Throughout the whole of the eastern countries \[under the sway of the Mughals\] the Friday’s religious services \[of the Muhammadans\] were established; and Musalmans took up their abode in those parts, and they founded towns and cities of their own, and built places according to the manner of their own \[native\] cities. Of the friendliness of Uktae towards Musalmans the author has heard an anecdote which is here related. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.273](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.273) · Pramāṇa