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316 khan. All the nation took part in the shooting, but only three brothers, thieves, hit. These men after a rebellion had fled from one of the neighbouring great kingdoms to the Kirghis horde.—(Written from the Kirghis of the Akmollinsk province.)

The children of Ghengis Khan were Ak Padishah (Russian Czar) and Edjên Khan (Emperor of China). The Kirghis sultans were descended from three sons of a younger wife of Ghengis Khan, whose names were Budênêtai, Burgultai and Sargaltai.— Kirghis of Chubaraigir—race Tarbagatai.)

The most ancient father of the nation of Kazak (Kirghis) was Maikal Bey. People called his son Kurdum; Kurdum had a son Kizzie-gurt (red worm); Kizzie-gurt had a son Chubaraigir. In among the Chubaraigir clan was a batuir (partisan) Êseken. He tilled the fields of a certain man by name Karabut, on the other side of the river Kaba. In that time on the field rushed a herd of horses of a nobleman (Tiurê) Uraltai Mamuir Khan. Êseken-batuir drove the herd from the field and said in his wrath, "Children of (Kuirkuiz)" Uraltai heard this word, and bore a grudge against Êseken-batuir; he puts upon his neck fetters (o srag) and on his feet iron horses' shackles (ksen), and throws him into the water. The race of Chubaraigir, not seeing their batuir, began to search for him, and found him in the water. After that the men of Chubaraigir undertook to make raids (Chabadui) against Uraltai. The Tiurê (Uraltai) fled on a camel, and was obliged to buy peace of the men of Chubaraigir for three kuns, and thus lost he his tiurêlik (nobility). That is why the Kirghis sultans, as descendants of Uraltai, are not considered tiurê (nobles), but only as rich people.—(Kirghis of Chubaraigir, clan of Tarbagatai.)

Of the genealogy of Adjē Sultan, who wandered over Kanasa, in the Altai (mountains), and is now perished. Kapuir-Malik had a son Kuirkuiz, Kuirkuiz a son Ablai, Ablai a son Sêmên, Sêmên a