The Rashīdī History 4.4.6

4.4.6

(C.)—The Tarikh-i-Rashidi. (1.) Khizir Khwaja . . . . died 1420 (2.) Shama-i-Jahan . . . . No date (3.) Nakhsh-i-Jahan . . . . „ (4.) Muhammad Khan . . . . „ (5.) Shir Muhammad . . . . „ (6.) Vais Khan . . . . died 1428-9 Of the two dates furnished by the Tarikh-i-Rashidi, the one indicating the year of Khizir Khwaja's death is certainly incorrect, for there is evidence to show, in addition to the concurrence of the authorities named above, that this Khan did not reign up to the year 1420. The portion of the Matla' Asaadin, of Abdur Razzak, translated by Quatremere, though it contains no list of these Khans, makes mention of ambassadors having been sent to Shah Rukh, of Mavara-un-Nahr, in 819 H. (1416), by Nakhsh-i-Jahan, who is described as a son of Shama-i-Jahan of Moghulistan; thereby implying, it would seem, that Nakhsh-i-Jahan was reigning in that year in Moghulistan. This date accords with the Chinese indication for the accession of Nakhsh-i-Jahan—or the year when he would most probably have despatched envoys to his neighbours. The same work mentions also that in 823 H. (1420) Shah Rukh's ambassadors, then on their way to China, learned that disorder prevailed in Moghulistan in consequence of Vais Khan, who was then reigning, having attacked Shir Muhammad Oghlan. This statement stands by itself;