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T.R. and finally to the Kalmak settlements about Katak and Lob. And thus he spent the twelve years from the death of his father to that of his persecutor.

On the disappearance of Kamaruddin, his nephew, Khudadad, the Amir of Kashgbar, assumed the Government of the Jattah tribes ; and, after restoring order amongst them, recalled Khizr from his retreat at Lob, and, in 1383 A.D. (Y.C.), set him on the throne at Kâshghar as Khan of Mogholistan. Khizr now allied with Tymûr, and sent him as a gift the beautiful Tokal Khanim, one of the widows of the late enemy of both.

He enforced a strict observance of the Muhammadan Shariat amongst the Jattah nomads, who were still mostly Budhists; and next to Kâshghar he made Turfan the second capital of the Moghol Khacan—the title he revived on ascending the throne. Tymûr died in his reign, and then Khizr, becoming more independent, restored the old Moghol form of government, which, during the disordered rule of his predecessor, had fallen to neglect. He now granted to his benefactor and friend, the Amir Khuda'dad, the rank and privileges that had been originally accorded by Changiz to his ancestor, Aortiibo, with the additions made thereto by Toghlûe Tymûr on behalf of Bolaji, and by himself, now, in favour of his faithful adherent.

The privileges originally granted by Changiz were the following :—First, Ti mczntogh=" Banner of ten thousand men." Second, 1racâra=" Kettledrum." Third, Cushun-tog4=" Camp-banner," of which two were allowed. Fourth, Cdr ="Armour," which none but the Khan had the power to remove from the person. Fifth, J.irga= " Hunting circle," with power to punish according to rule those who infringed its regulations. Sixth, Amiri-ûlus=" Commander of his tribe." Seventh, Sar-duwdn="Top seat in Court," at a bow length on either side of the Khan. To these Toghhic Tymûr added two others, namely : Eighth, Amiri Cushûn=" Command of a camp of one thousand men," with power to promote and reduce without reference to the Khan. Ninth, Tarkhân=" Pardon of crime to the ninth conviction," for Amir Bolaji and his direct heirs; on conviction of the tenth crime to be bled to death from both arms. Khizr Khoja now added another for Amir Khudadad, namely, tenth, Yasâwul= "Provost," at feasts and entertainments. One Yasâwul of the Khan to be mounted on his right hand, and one Yasâwul of the Amir to stand on his right hand at Court. After drinking the cups to be sealed with their respective signets by the Yasâwul. He gave the title of Gûrikân also to Khudadad and made it hereditary.

These privileges and ranks descended from Amir Khudadad to his son Muhammad Shah, and from him to his nephew Syad Ali, and then to his son Muhammad Hydar, and his son Muhammad Husen, and his son Mirza, Hydar (the author of Târ(kh1 Rashid(), and to his son Syad Muhammad, in whom they became extinct 940H.=1533 A.D.

Previous to the assumption of this royal prerogative, however, Khizr had to experience the weight of Tymûi's vengeance, when, in 791H.=1389-90 A.D., owing to the obstinate hostility of the Jattah, he undertook his final campaign for the subjugation of Mogholistan, after his return from the conquest of Afghanistan.

He took its capital, Almaligh, and ravaged the whole country up to Kaidii, where he fixed his head-quarters. Here, in the charming and productive valley of Yuldûz, he enjoyed the delights of its climate, and the pleasures of its attractive scenery of clear streams, fresh meadows, and umbrageous forests, amidst a succession of feasts and hunting excursions ; whilst his vast army in four grand divisions swept the whole country north and south of the Tianshan range, and finally rejoined him there with the world of their plunder and captives.

Of the two southern divisions, one ravaged the country from Andijan and Kâshghar along the southern skirts of Allah-tagh or Alatigh to Kara Khoja beyond Turfan; whilst the other did likewise from Sarigh Kûl and Kokyar, along the north base of the Khutan and Sarigh Uighûr country, across by Katak and Lob to the appointed rendezvous. At Yuldûz Tymûr divided the spoil amongst his troops, transported whole tribes of the population to Samarcand, restored Khizr to the