[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 76 # The Book of Akbar 76: Turk. The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 76 - **Language:** English ### [76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.76) Turk was the eldest son of Japheth, and the Turks call him Yāfīs Oghlān. He excelled all his brothers in wisdom, management and care for his subjects. On his father’s death, he sat upon the throne of sovereignty and dispensed gentleness, manliness and relief of the oppressed. He settled in a place which the Turks call Sīl-ūk or Salīkaī and which had hot and cold springs and delightful meadows. He made dwellings of grass and wood and constructed tents, and made clothes by sewing together the skins (and furs) of beasts of burden and of prey. Salt was discovered in his time. One of his laws was that the son should inherit naught but a sword and that whatever was wanted should go to the daughter. They say he was contemporary with Kayūmars, and that as the latter was the first king of Persia, so Turk was the first sultan of Turkistan. He lived to the age of 240. - [Previous: 75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.75) - [Next: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.77) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.76) · Pramāṇa