The Rashīdī History 4.4.7

4.4.7

but it has some resemblance to that of Mirza Haidar, who relates that between Vais Khan and "Shir Muhammad Khan there arose great disputes." It also appears, from the Matla' Asaadin, that in 1425 Shir Muhammad held powers of some kind in Moghulistan, though he may not have been the reigning Khan. It is stated, at any rate, that in that year Mirza Ulugh Beg, who was ruling in MAvard-un-Nahr, undertook an expedition into Moghulistan and defeated Shir Muhammad. Yet, according to the Chinese, Vais Khan was then reigning, he having slain Nakhsh-i-Jahan in 1418. On the subject of Shir Muhammad, therefore, the Matla' Asaadin and the Tarikh-i-Rashidi would seem to be at one, in so far that they both name him as living at a period immediately previous to the accession of Vais, though neither states precisely that he was a reigning Khan of the dynasty. As I have placed in juxtaposition above, the lists of reigning Khans, according to the various authorities, it may be useful also to show how they vary in their statements regarding the sons of Khizir Khwaja, some of whom reigned, though some did not. Thus the Rauzat us Safa has— (1.) Shama-i-Jahan, (2.) Shir Ali, (3.) Shah Jahan Oghlan. The Zafar-Nama gives:— (1.) Shama-i-Jahan, (2.) Muhammad Oghlan, (3.) Shir Ali, (4.) Shah Jahan, while the Tarikh-i-Rashidi mentions:— (1.) Muhammad Khan, (2.) Sham-i-Jahan, (3.) Nakhsh-i-Jahan, "and others." The passage taken from Dr. Bretschneider's version of the Ming history runs thus:—