The Book of Akbar 125.1

125.1

'Umar Shaikh Mirza was the fourth son of Abu Sa'id Mirza, being younger than Sultan Ahmad Mirza, Sultan Muhammad and Sultan Mahmud Mirza and older than Sultan Murad Mirza, Sultan Walad Mirza, Ulugh Beg Mirza, Abu Bakr Mirza, Sultan Khalil Mirza and Shahrukh Mirza. He was born in Samarqand in 860 (1455). Sultan Abu Sa‘id Mirza at first gave Kabul to the Prince and sent him off under the guardianship of Baba Kabuli, but he recalled him from Dara-gaz for the purpose of a festival. After it was over, he gave him the country of Andijan and the Takht-i-Ozjand and after providing him with officers, sent him to that country under the guardianship of Timur Tash Beg. The reason for giving this country to the best of his sons was an exceeding desire to preserve his ancestral territory and as his Majesty Sahib Qarani gave it to his son ‘Umar Shaikh Mirza who was of singular ability, so did Abu Sa‘id on account of the sameness of name, gave it to his son ‘Umar Shaikh. Sahib Qarani is reported to have repeatedly remarked, “We conquered the world by the might of ‘Umar Shaikh Mirza's sword, by his staying in Andijan and being a strong barrier between our territory and the desert of Qipcaq and by his guarding the passes, the people of Qipcaq were not able to rebel or be turbulent and we could in security brace ourselves up for the conquest of the world.”