[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Kashmir](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir) › [Tārīkh-i Rashīdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi) › [The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross) › 80 # The Rashīdī History 80: CHAPTER LIII. · THE STRATAGEM OF ABA BAKR, BY WHICH HE CAUSED MUHAMMAD HAIDAR MIRZA TO EXPEL HIS OWN AMIRS. The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 80 - **Language:** English ### [80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.80) After the death of Saniz Mirza, Dust Muhammad Khan (as has been mentioned) took to wife the widow of Saniz Mirza, whose name was Jamak Agha. He, moreover, gave Kashghar to Muhammad Haidar Mirza. These events took place in the year 869. On the death of Dust Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Haidar Mirza married Jamak Agha, who was the mother of Mirza Aba Bakr and of Omar Mirza. By her, Muhammad Haidar Mirza had two sons: my father Muhammad Husain Kurkan, and my uncle Sayyid Muhammad Mirza. After the conquest of Khotan, Mirza Aba Bakr became still more powerful. In vain were the reflections and protestations of his Amirs, who represented that his whole career, from beginning to end, had been one of tyranny: that he spared no one: that he had seized Yarkand by stealth and by the employment of unheard-of perfidy: that after he had put out the eyes of Omar Mirza, he had put to death Khan Nazar and Kul Nazar. How could the world look with the eye of trust upon such a man? He still longed for Kashghar, and his sole object in life was to make his kingdom into a sausage \[kulma\]. In spite of their laying these matters before Muhammad Haidar Mirza, the latter, on account of his affection for his nephew, made light of it all; and his wife, who was the mother of his children, and the mother of Mirza Aba Bakr, said to him, in opposing the remonstrances of the Amirs: "He is your son: Yarkand belonged to one of your Amirs. Since Yarkand was the capital of his father, it is his by right, but you did not give it him. If he has been presumptuous, he at least counted on your forgiveness. What matter if they make him out a bad man to you? Khotan, too, was in the possession of another. What harm was there in his superseding \[the usurper\]?" In this manner she excused all the actions of Mirza Aba Bakr; so that Muhammad Haidar Mirza was appeased and comforted; but when she touched on the hostility which Aba Bakr had displayed towards Muhammad Haidar Mirza, she declared that it was all owing to the Amirs who had spoken badly of the Mirza. She then secretly wrote to Mirza Aba Bakr, asking him how she was to excuse his hostility \[to her husband\], and stating the reason she had already given. Then Mirza Aba Bakr, in conformity with this, replied: "As long as the Amirs are in power, I cannot offer fitting service, for they seek to do me harm by vilifying my character to you: if you will dismiss these Amirs, I will be not only a son to you, but a slave also." Muhammad Haidar Mirza, in the simplicity of his heart, credited these lies and discharged his Amirs. Since the most influential of the generals were thus removed, the power of his kingdom was broken; and Mirza Aba Bakr began to ravage all the country round about Kashghar and Yangi Hisar; but as all the greatest generals had been dismissed, there was no one to watch over and protect the country. - [Previous: 79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.79) - [Next: 81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.81) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.80) · Pramāṇa