The Nāṣirī Generations 279.6

279.6

The Nu-yin Iljidae [ilchikdae, nephew of the Qiingiz Man, of Hirat atrocities], who held the office of Kokal-tashj and was an Amir held in great veneration among the Jalair tribe, when he heard these words, scouted the idea of such a thing, and said: ‘‘What insensate words are these? when ye all know to what excess the Ka’an used to drink, and when ye know, too, that his fate only has overtaken him. It behoveth that no such words as these should be again uttered.” The bones of tJktae Ka’an, and his hirzik, or kuruk, signifying a place enclosed and prohibited from access, lie in a mountain range exceedingly lofty, called Buldan Ka-ir, which is always covered with snow, two days’ journey from Ardish, and which, in more recent times, they style Yakah Wandur; and from those mountains issue the rivers Yasun Mur-an, Tarkan, and tJsun, which fall into the river of Ardish, in the vicinity of which river the Chapar tribe take up their ki^ldks or winter stations.