ABSTRACT
The struggles between Mahmūd of Ghazna and Ilik Khān of Kāshghar continued till the year a.h. 401 (1010), when the latter, owing to a quarrel with his brother Toghān, was obliged to withdraw his troops, and a long period of peace ensued, with but slight interruptions, during which the Oxus continued to be regarded as the frontier of their respective realms.
