The Institutes of Akbar 406: XV. Commanders of Seven Hundred.

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178. Quraish Sultan, son of ’Abdurrashid Khan, king of Kashghar.
182. Sultan ’Abdullah, brother (by another mother) of Quraish Sultan.
310. Shah Muhammad, son of Quraish Sultan.
Quraish Sultan is a descendant of Chingiz Khan. His genealogical tree is given in the Akbarnamah (III., 584) and the Tarikh-i Rashidi as follows :—
1. Chingiz Khan.
2. Chaghtai Khan.
3. Mawatkan (second son of Chaghtai Khan).
4. [lacuna] (the MSS. give various readings). 5. Tariq Khan (called after his conversion Sultán Ghiásuddín). 6 Dawa Khan. 7. Alsiniqá, in Alsiniqa, Khan. 8. Tughluq Tímúr Khan. 9. Khizr Khwajah Khan (father-in-law of Tímúr). 10. (a.) Muhammad Khan....(b.) Sham’-i Jahán Khan....(c.) Naqsh-i Jahán Khan. 11. (a.) Sher Muhammad Khan. (b.) Sher ’Ali Ughlan. 12. Uwais Khán, son of Sher ’Ali Ughlan. 13. Yúnas Khán, father of Bábar’s mother. 14. Sultán Ahmad Khan, known as Alánchah Khán. 15. Sultán Abú Sa’íd Khan. 16. ’Abdurrashíd Khan. 17. (1) ’Abdul Karím Khan. (2) Quraish Sultán (No. 178). (3) Sultán ’Abdullah (No. 178). (1) Sháh Muhammad (No. 310). (2) Khudábandah.
After the death of ’Abdurrashíd Khan (16.), ’Abdulkarím Khan, elder brother of Quraish Sultán, succeeded to the throne of Káshghar. He treated his relations well, partly in fulfilment of his father’s wish, partly from natural benevolence. But Khudábandah, son of Quraish Sultán, quarrelled with Muhammad Khan, his uncle, and Khudábandah occupied the town of Turfán. ’Abdulkarím, doubting the loyalty of his relations, ordered Quraish Sultán to go to Makkah. Q. went first with his family to Badakhshán and Balkh, and lastly, with the permission of ’Abdullah Khán of Túrán, to Hindústán. He met Akbar, in the 34th year, at Shihábuddínpúr, when the emperor was just returning from Kashmír, was well received, and appointed to a command of Seven Hundred.
Quraish died in the 37th year, (1000) at Hájípúr.