Afgháns of the Lódí and Shírwání tribes, all very valiant
Among the shekh-zádahs who were connected with the Saíd was the writer's father, Shékh Muhamad by name, but generally called Shekh Mánjhú, who was the manager of the Said's worldly business, and had the general superintendence of his affairs. In short, there were in the Säíd's service men of every sort and class. There were ten thousand of them who, if the enemy had been a mountain of fire, would have crossed swords with him. Besides these were the servants of I'timád Khán, on whom, at the Sultán's death, the business of wazir had devolved on account of his position and experience; also 'Imád-ul-Mulk Rúmí, with his band of well-equipped men of Rúm ; ’Ulugh Khán the Abyssinian, and Malik Shark Gujarát; and, lastly, Ikhtiár-ul-Mulk, of the Sultán's Khásiah-khéls, all of whom the Säíd had collected together, and had exhorted in the first place to put aside mutual feuds and jealousy, and to concert together measures regarding the government. They asked I'timád Khán, who was acquainted with all the late Sultán's domestic affairs, whether the Sultán had left any son; that, if so, they might raise him to the throne and to the government of his inheritance; and, if not, whether any of the Sultan's wives were expecting a child, for if so they would wait till the child's birth before deciding on any arrangements regarding the kingdom, in case the child might prove a son. I'timád Khán said No; the Sultán had not left any son, nor were any of his wives expecting a child. As I'timád Khán was well acquainted with the Sultán's affairs, and thus denied that he had or could have a direct heir, they then asked him if there was any relative of the late Sultán who was fit to succeed to the throne, whom they might select. I'timád Khán replied that there was a relative of the Sultán at Ahmadábád, whose name was Ahmad Khán; they might send for him. Accordingly they sent Rezí-ul-Mulk to fetch the boy. Rezí-ul-Mulk got in a cart with very fast horses, and, it is
said, reached Ahmadábád in four gharís. When he came to Ahmad Khan's house, Ahmad Khán was standing at a graindealer's shop close by his own door, and was bringing away in the skirt of his dress some grain which he had bought for his pigeons. Rezí-ul-Mulk recognised him, got out of the cart, carried him off, and placing him in the cart, and turning it round, drove off to Mahmúdábád. The Khán's nurse cried out and wept, and made a disturbance, saying: "What is this? Where are you going to take him?" Rezí-ul-Mulk called out: "I am going to take him to a place where all the world will to-morrow crowd round his house, and where he will not find one friend." *
* This last sentence is variously given in the different texts.
A'bádán jágírdárs, 10 and n.
A'bú Khán, son of Sultán Mahmud Bí-
garha, poisoned by his father's
order, 239.
'Abdullah Jangál, Shekh, his shrine
near Dhár, 251 and n.
Abd-ul-Kádir, Kází, envoy from Em-
peror Humáiún to Sultán Bahadar,
375, 378.
’Abd-ul-Karm, entitled Itimad Kháng
Mahmud III.'s confidence in him,
437; escapes the snare of Burhán,
453; becomes grand wazir, 454.
'Abd-ul-Latif, son of Malik Mahmúd
Koreishí, entitled Dáwar-ul-Mulk,
231 and n.; attempt on his life,
231; his intimacy with Shah 'A'lam,
232 and n.; his success at Amrún,
his death, 233; his probity,
232;
232.
Abd-ul-Mulk, brother of 'Aín-ul-Mulk,
killed in battle, 249.
Abhi Mandan, ancestor of Sadharan
(g.v.), 68.
Abhu, son of Ajhdar-ul-Mulk, is made
Ajhdar Khan, 330.
Abhú, hills of, probably = Abú (q.v.),
47 and n.
Abú (Abhú), hills of, situation of, 47
and n.; skirmish with insurgents at
(A.D. 1346), 47 and n.; Sultán Kutb-
ud-dín sends a force against fort of
(A.D. 1456), 149 and n.; restored to
Khatíá Déórah (A.D. 1457), 151;
Rajah of Siróhí plunders merchants
at (A.D. 1482), 217 and n.
Abu Bakr, son of Fíróz Sháh, placed
on throne of Dehlí (A.D. 1389), 58,
73; struggle for the throne between
him and Sultán Muhamad, 73; his
army revolts, and betrays him, 73;
dies in prison (A.D. 1390), 58, 73.
Abu-l-Fazl, his enormous appetite,
162n.
Abú Jíú Gujarátí, made Násir-ul-
Mulk (A.D. 1545), 437.
Abú Jíú Tánk, sent to stop the dis-
courteous letter to Humáiún, 381;
becomes Wajíh-ul-Mulk, 381.
Abu Rab Khan, brother of Nasír-ul-
Mulk (A.D. 1545), 429.
A'dam Afghán, defeated by rebels
against Sultan Ahmad (A.D. 1410),
88 and n.. 96n.
A'dam Bhikan Sulémán Afghán, con-
spires against Sultán Ahmad (A.D.
1413), 96n.
Adhrámah, for Arámah (q.v.), 196n.
'A'dil Khan, Rájah of A'sír and Bur-
bánpúr, invading dependencies of
Gujarát, is repelled by Zafar Khan
(A.D. 1394), 76 and n.
A'dil Khán Fárúkí I., son of Mubarak,
his pedigree, 222n.; Sultán Mahmud
Bigarha's campaign against (A.D.
1499), 221 and n.; dies without a
son (cir. 1501), 222n., 223.
'A'dil Khan Fárúkí II., title assumed
by ’Alam Khán (q.v.), 222n., 225;
established in government of A'sír
and Burhanpur, 222n., 225n.; also
entitled 'Azim Humáiún, 225n.;
marries Rájí Rukiah, daughter of
Prince Khalil Khán, 225m, 300,
340; supported by Sultan Mahmud
Bígarha, 223, 226n.; visits Sultán
Muzaffar II. at Mór Imlí, 245; sent
against Ráná of Chitór (A.D. 1518),
258,259n.; engaged in the Malwah
campaign, 263; returns to A'sír, 263.
'A'dil Khán, pretender to the throne
of A'sír, 223 and n., 224n
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'Adipur, Sultán Bahádar at, 357 and n.
Afghan, Malik, brother of Malik I'l
Afghán, placed on throne by rebels,
49; styles himself Sultán Násir-ud-
dín, 50 and n.; defeated, retires to
Dharágír, 50; abdicates in favour
of Hasan Gángú, 53n.
Afgháns, rebel at Déógír, A.D. 1346,
49; are defeated by Sultán Mu-
hamad, 50 and n.; Bábar's battle
with, A.D. 1526, 327n.; refugees
from Humáiún received by Sultán
Bahadar, A.D. 1531, 347 and n.; at
siege of Chítór, A.D. 1533, 371; of
the Lódí and Shírwání tribes in
Gujarat, A.D. 1553, 454.
A'ftáb-chi, office of, 287n.; mishap to
Sultan Muzaffar II., 287; Sultán
Bahadar's treatment of, 288.
Afzal Khán Baniání, wazír of Ba-
hádar, his jealousy of Malik Jíú,
401; goes into retirement, 401; at
storming of Chámpánír, 419; at
the promotion of Jarjí, 423; leaves
his seclusion and joins Mahmud
III., 402, 429, 433; forebodes evil
from Burhán, 446; but intercedes
for him, 447; Malik Shark appointed
to supersede him, 451; is offered
the kingdom by Burhán, and killed,
450, 451; his sagacity, 401.
Agaçaim (Agásai or Agásín)=Agásí
(q.v.), 18n.
Agahi Agásí (q.v.), 219.
A'gar (=Agrú), north-west of Sarang-
púr, Sultán Bahádar at, 368 and n.
Agásai Agásí (g.v.), 18n.
Agásí, port of the Europeans, tribu-
tary to Gujarat, 18 and n.; Gujarátí
army at (cir. 1490), 219.
Agásin Agásí (q.v.), 18n.
A'grah, Ibráhím Lódí accedes to
throne at, 255; Zamán Mirza im-
prisoned at, 374.
Agrú A'gar (q.v.).
Ahmad, Sultán, son of Muhamad Shah,
and grandson of Muzaffar Shah, born
1391, 125 (see Ahmad Khán); ascends
the throne of Gujarát (A.D. 1410),
61, 87n., 88; Módúd raises revolt
against, 88 and n.; assumes title of
Násir-ud-dín, 88n.; suppresses re-
Ahmad, Sultán-cont.
bellion, 89; plans destruction of
A'sá Bhíl, 89 and n.; founds the
city of Ahmadábád, 90 and n., 91n.;
his expedition against I'dar, 93; be-
sieges rebels in Mórásah, 94; Sultán
Hoshang makes war upon, 96; his
efforts for the spread of Islám, 97;
his campaign against Girnár, 98;
expedition to Sórath, 181; takes
fort of Júnahgarh, 98, 184; his
expedition against temple of Sidh-
púr, 98 and n.; campaigning in
Nágór, 100n.; repels invasion of
Sultánpur by Nasir Khán, 99, 100;
reduces Batnól (now Tamból), 100n.;
confederation formed against him,
100 and n.; checks Sultán Hoshang's
attempt on Gujarát, 101; suppresses
Nasir Khan's rebellion at Thálnír,
101, 102; his punitive expedition
against Málwah, 99, 102-104; takes
Sónkherah, and establishes Islám
there, 104 and n.; makes peace with
Hoshang at Dhár; 105; lays waste
Chámpánír, 105; expedition against
Jháláwár; 106n.; builds fort at
Janúr (A.D. 1420), 105; builds town
of Dhamód, 105; repairs fort of
Káreth, and calls it Sultánábád,
105; punishes the infidels of Kan-
túrá, 105n.; builds another masjid
at Sónkherah, 105 and n.; besieges
Mahésar, 106; besieges Rajah of
Jháláwár, 106n.; besieges Mandú,
106 and n., 107; occupies Ujain,
106 and n.; retires on Sárangpúr,
and grants peace to Hoshang, 107
and n.; is attacked at night by Ho-
shang, 107n., 108; defeats Hoshang,
but is wounded, 109; again defeats
Sultán Hoshang in battle, 110 and
n.; campaign against I'dar, 110 and
n.; builds Ahmadnagar on the Hat-
matí, 110n., 111; campaign against
I'dar and Bíjanagar, 111n.; builds
masjid in I'dar, 112n.; assists Fíróz
Bahmaní of the Dakhin, 114 and n.;
expedition to Nandarbár against
Kánhá and the Dakhinís, 115, 125n.;
expedition against Malik-ut-Tujjár
in Maháím, 116, 125n.; goes to the
assistance of Muhamad Khán at
Nandarbár, 118 and n.; marches to
relief of Tamból, 119, 125n.; orders
rebuilding of fort of Thálnír, 119;
campaigns in Mewár, Nágór, and
Kólíwárah, 120, 125n.; destroys
idol-temples at Sidhpúr and at Gil-
wárá, 120 and n.; visits the Ráthór
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