The inscription notes the crossing of Timur, a
Turco-Mongol conqueror, and his 200,000 men in pursuit of
campaign against
Tokhtamysh, a ruler of the
Golden Horde from 1378 to 1395, and the route that passed through the semi-desert regions of
Betpak-Dala. In
Zafarnama (
Book of Victories), written in the first quarter of the 15th century, its author
Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi gives one historical event of that campaign: For a joyful survey of that steppe, Timur ascended to the top of the mountain, the whole plain was all green. He stayed there that day, (then) a high order came out, so that the soldiers brought stones and a high sign, like a lighthouse was put in that place. Master stonecutters inscribed on it the date of that day, so that to leave the reminder on the face of time. ==Complete text==