Negudar (Nikudar, Neguder) was a Mongol general under Berke, and a Golden Horde Noyan. With many other Golden Horde generals, he embraced Islam in the late 13th century. He subsequently took the Muslim name of Ahmad Khan.
Before the conflicts between Berke and Hulegu, Negudar fostered peace in Eastern Khorasan and its surrounding areas in Central Asia. Neguder with other generals of the Mongol Empire raided northwest parts of the Delhi Sultanate in 1230s. When war hostilities broke out between Berke and Hulegu in 1260, Negudar assumed control over a sizeable portion of Berke's forces primarily in Ghazni and eastern Afghanistan.
Negudar and his forces ultimately settled in various parts of modern day Afghanistanincluding Kabul and Herat. Mongols and Turks in Afghanistan adopted his name later as they merged into Chagatai Khanate during the reign of Alghu. Today, Nikudari, an archaic form of the Mongolian language extinct in Mongolia, is preserved in Afghanistan and named after Negudar.
Rolling away
Riding the rails in the night
Rhythm in steel
Turning a song in my head
Over and over
Repeats the refrain
Stop, look, seems strange
Years begin to fall away
Seasons all change
Leaves are green then brown again
Wind through my hair
Closing my eyes in the breeze
Senses unreal
Changing the thoughts in my head
Over and over
As we're swept away
*Spook like fascination
There won't be no hesitation
Stretching out imagination
This may be an innovation
Speed of light
Eerie time and space train
We've got her up to full steam
While traveling unseen
We're 200 years from the start