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T.R. Mansúr during this period waged a succession of *ghazát* or religious wars against
the Kalmák and Khitáy. In one of these, the Khoja Tajúddín of Kásán or Kúchá
was killed. He was a descendant of the Mauláná Arshadduddín, who converted
Toghlúc Tymúr; and was the pupil of Mauláná Ali Ghazzán of Tús= Mashhad.
Tajúddín studied for some time under Khoja Nasírúddín Ubedulla, and was for fifty
years in the service of Ahmad and Mansúr. He traded and farmed largely, and,
acquiring much wealth and influence, took a prominent part in the government of
the country.
After his campaigns on the Khitá border, Mansúr warred with the Kazzák and
Uzbak at Aris in Mogholistán, where his best General, Súfi Mirzá Begjík, was
killed. After this he retired to Jalish and Turfán, and seldom again took the field.
On the death of Sáid he made an attempt to recover Aksú, but was driven back, and
died in 950 H. = 1542 A.D., aged sixty years, having reigned forty-three. He
left two sons, Sháh Khán and Muhammad Sultan, and a daughter, whom Sáid took
for his son Rashíd. During his later years Mansúr resigned his government to
his eldest son, and retired to private life for devotion to religious exercises. He is
described as a pious Musalmán, and a good governor, simple in ceremony, and atten-
tive to the wants of his people. Yet as illustrative of the sentiments of morality in
his time, it is related of him that he kept as private chaplain a *Cari* or "chaunter
of the Kurán." He was a man with a perfect intonation, clear voice, and unfailing
memory, but he was slovenly in dress, filthy in habits, and beastly in practices—qualities
that gained him the opprobious nickname of *Mangasik*. The courtiers were scanda-
lized by his shameless depravities, and urged his dismissal on the grounds of his having
been taken in an unnatural crime with a cow, but the pious King rejected their
petition with the rebuke that he kept the man to teach him to read the Kurán, not
to rape cattle.
Mansúr's brother Sáid, who took Káshghar from Abábakar, has the following
history :—When fourteen years old, he and his brother, Bábájác, accompanied their
father to the aid of his brother Mahmúd when he was attacked at Táshkand by
Sháhibeg. In the fight at Akhsi, this Sáid was wounded in the hip by an arrow,
and fell into the hands of Shekh Báyzíd, the governor of the place, who imprisoned
him. In the year following, Sháhibeg invaded Farghána, killed Báyzíd and his
brother, Ahmad Tanbal, and all their family, and annexed the country. He liberated
Sáid and took him to Samarcand, and thence with his army in the campaign against
Khusro Sháh, who had seized Hissár, Kundúz, and Badakhshán. On their return to
Samarcand, and the departure of Sháhibeg on his expedition against Khiva, Sáid
escaped to Uzkand, and thence joined his uncle, Mahmúd, at Yatakand in Mogho-
listám. In the factions then dividing the tribes there, Sáid joined his brother,
Khalil, who ruled the Kirghiz. During four years they warred against their elder
brother, Mansúr, and their uncle, Mahmúd, till, finally, the latter withdrew and
returned to Táshkand where he was killed, as related.
On the departure of Mahmúd, Mansúr again took the field against Sáid and
Khalil, and marching from Jálish and Turfán, met and fought them at Járún Jalák.
Each army put forward a champion for single combat. Sáid's man, one Shekh Ali,
was unhorsed in the first encounter by Cutlugh, the champion of Mansúr. On this
the Kirghiz rushed forward to rescue their fallen champion, and the Moghol, too,
advancing to support their hero, both sides joined in battle. Khalil and Sáid, unable
to make head or stand against their superior numbers, both fled the field, and Mansúr,
securing the Kirghiz, carried them away bodily and settled them at Jálish.
The fugitives went to join Mahmúd, but, on arrival at Akhsi, learned of his
execution, and were themselves made prisoners. Khalil was killed, and Sáid was
taken before Jánibeg, the uncle of Sháhibeg, who, having recently fallen from his
horse and injured his head and reason, gave him his liberty. He at once set out to
join Bábur at Kabul by way of Badakhshán, where he rested awhile with Mirzá
Khán in the Zafar fort. At this time the strong highlands on the east of Badakh-