1299 - He was sent to Mongolia to assume an army that defended the western front of the ulus against Kaidu and other princes of Central Asia under him.
1301 - He defeated Kaidu, who died from a battle wound.
1306 - He forced Melig Temür to accept a surrender in the Altai Mountains. For these military achievements he gained a high reputation among Mongol princes and non-Mongol corps.
1307 - When Temür Khan died, he returned eastward to Khara Khorum and watched the situation. Temür's widow Bulghan of the Bayaud tribe had kept away the Khunggirad-mothered brothers of Khayishan and Ayurbarwada and attempted to set up Ananda, a cousin of Temür.