[2] However, Kishori Saran Lal believes this general must have been a different person, because the Indian chronicles state that he was captured and killed in India during the 1306 expedition.

[3] The situation in the Chagatai Khanate following the death of Duwa in 1307 turned volatile, with two of his successors reigning within one year and with the sons of Kaidu still hoping to regain control over the khans.

In January, together with allied Neguderi forces, Kebek crossed the Amu Darya into Ilkhanid territory and defeated an enemy army on the Murghab.

The Chagatayid army then advanced as far as Herat, but then Kebek received urgent summons from Esen Buqa, who needed help in repelling an invasion from the east by the Yuan Mongols.

One of his first acts was to move against Yasa'ur, who had unsuccessfully rebelled against the Ilkhans and was therefore in a weak position; Kebek's forces defeated and killed him in June 1320.

Unlike his brother, Esen Buqa, Kebek avoided any conflict with the Khagan and surrendered to Gegeen Khan, Emperor Yingzong of Yuan when the border skirmish broke out in 1323.