The khan, after due deliberation, conferred the investiture of the grand principality upon Dmitri of Souzdal, though the appointment was received with great dissatisfaction by the other princes.

But now the power of the Tartars was rapidly on the decline.

Assassination succeeded assassination, one chieftain after another securing the assassination of his rival and with bloody hands ascending the Mogol throne.

The swords of the Mogol warriors were turned against each other, as rival chieftains rallied their followers for attack or defense.

Civil war raged among these fierce bands with most terrible ferocity.