The Nāṣirī Generations 284.3.5

284.3.5

When Kyuk departed from the world, all concurred in the sovereignty of Batu, with the exception of the sons of Chaghatae, and made this request to him, that he would accept the throne of the Mughals, and assume the sovereignty, in order that all might obey his commands. Batu did not consent; and Mangu Khan, son of Tuli, son of the Chingiz Khan, was raised to the sovereignty, as will, subsequently, be related. Some among the trustworthy have stated on this wise, that Batu, privately, and in secret, had become a Musalman, but used not to make it known, and that he reposed implicit confidence in the people of Islam. For twenty-eight years, more or less, he ruled over this extent of country [as previously mentioned], and died. The mercy of the Almighty be upon him, if a true believer, and, if an infidel, may the Almighty lessen his punishment [in hell]! They buried him in conformity with the Mughal custom; and among that people it is the usage, when one of them dies, to prepare a place under ground about the size of a chamber or hall, in largeness proportionate to the rank and degree of the accursed one who may have departed to hell. They furnish it with a throne and covering for the ground, and they place there vessels and numerous effects, together with his arms and weapons, and whatever may have been his own private property, and some of his wives, and slaves, male or female, and the person he loved most above all others.