After Ulugh-Noyan's death, [the Khan] commanded that as long as he lived affairs of state should be administered in accordance to the council of his wife Sorquotani Beki…and [her] sons…[that] the army and the people, great and small, should be under the control of her command and prohibition… …And her hand was ever open in munificence and benefaction…although she was a follower…of the religion of Jesus she would bestow alms and presents upon imams and shaikhs and strove also to revive the sacred observances of the faith of Mohammed. … And as the token and proof of this statement…she gave 1000 silver balish…that a madrasa [college] might be built in Bokhara…