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0223 Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1
Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 / Page 223 (Color Image)

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   T. R.   On the death of Toghhic Tymûr his son, Ilyâs Khoja, hastening up from Samar-

cand, as stated, succeeded to the throne at Almâligh in 1364 A.D. ; but, on his return to Mogholistin in the following year from his disastrous attempt to recover Mewarinahar, he was seized and killed by Amur Kamaruddin, who had usurped the Government and murdered all the descendants of Toghltic he could lay hands on. Eighteen Moghol Princes were killed by him in one day; but, Khizr Khoja, the youngst son of Toghldc, a boy of twelve years, and the only surviving member of the family, was rescued by Khudâdâd, the Amur of Kâshghar and nephew of the usurper, and sent away by him with his mother, Mir Aghi, and some trusty adherents for concealment in the mountains of Bolor.

This Kamaruddin was one of five brothers who held district Governments in Mogholistân as heirs of former Amurs originally appointed by Changiz. They were Tolak at Kishghar, Bolaji at Aksû, Kamaruddin at Atbâshu, Shamsuddin, who was present at the battle of Lie, and Shekh Daulat, of whom there is no trace. Tolak, the eldest, was succeeded in the 4148-begi by Bolâji; and he by his son, Khudâdâd, who was seven years old when his father died.

   Z.N.T.   Whilst Amir Kamaruddin was thus securing his usurped rule in Mogholistin, the
Amurs Husen and Tymûr were contesting the mastery in Miwarânahar; and, on the final accession of the latter to the throne at Samarcand, his first care was to repel the encroachments of the Jattah Moghol on the Tâshkand frontier, as before mentioned. The submission then exacted did not prove effective, and the Jattah, taking advantage of Tymtxr's absence in the campaigns against Badakhshân and Khwihrizm, made repeated incursions across the border into Miwarinahar.

Whilst engaged in his first campaign against Khuvi, Tymtir in the spring of 773 H.=1371 A.D. sent a force under Bahrâm Jaliyr and Khutay Bahadur to repel the Jattah incursions. They drove the enemy across the border, and pursuing, devastated the country up to Almitti or Almiti, where, defeating the Karait, they concluded peace. It did not last long, however, and Tymtir, on his return from Khwihrizm, took the field with a numerous army against Kamaruddin, the Jattah Chief. He took flight to the mountains, and Tymtir, • after ravaging the country up to Sikiz Aghacfi=" Eight trees" in the vicinity of Isigh Kol, returned with innumerable captives and cattle.

Following this came Tymtir's second campaign against Khiva in 774 H.=1372 A.D., whence he brought away Stiytin (daughter of Ytistif Stifi, who died in the first siege), whose marriage with his son, Jahângir, he celebrated on return to the capital. Meanwhile the irrepressible Kamaruddin continued his incursions on the borders of Tâshkand. Consequently, Tymtir took the field on his third campaign against the Jattah.

He set out from Samarcand on Thursday, 1st Skdbân, 776 H.=1374 A.D., but was forced to return after a few marches owing to the intensity of the cold, and loss of men and cattle in the frosts, winds, and snows. He set out again two months later with a recruited army, and sent Jahângir ahead with the vanguard by Syrim to Kok-tappa, where Kamaruddin was camped. Ike drove the Jattah army from this position, and pursued them to their stronghold, Barka Kurghân, a small castle in the highest of three dark and deep glens, each of which was occupied by a swift and copious torrent. Kamaruddin and his nomads, scared by the boldness of their pursuers, fled during the night, and Jahângir then, plundering the country along the Ayla River, took whole camps of the Jattah prisoners, and marched them off under escort to Samarcand by order of Tymûr, who next sent him in pursuit of Kamaruddin to Pae-tigh=" Mountain Base."

The Chief escaped into the mountains, but his principal settlement at tïch-Burhin or 17ch Turf6,n, together with his treasures and family, fell into the hands of Jahingir, who, returning thence, joined his father, after an absence of fifty-three days, at Kali, Kasmâc, and rendered up his captives and plunder. Tymûr distributed these amongst his soldiers, but reserved the prize of all, the lovely Dilshâd Agha=" Lady

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