On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c7.s8.27

v1.c7.s8.27

¹ According to the text the Shê or Military governor after his marriage with the Kaochang princess had taken a new Khatun or queen. This young concubine urged on by the son of a senior queen poisoned her lord, and thereupon the young prince took his father's place to the concubine and people. He is here called T'ê-kin (特勤) as if this were his personal name. But T'ê-kin is said to be for the Turkish word Tagin (or Tegin) meaning Prince, and it is of frequent occurrence as a high title. See Schlegel's Stéle funeraire p. 6; Thomsen's Inscriptions p. 73.