[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) › 92.3 # The Book of Akbar 92.3 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 92.3 - **Language:** English ### [92.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92.3) In fine, after Qiyan and his companions had settled in that place, they begat children and grew into tribes. Those who sprang from Qiyan were called Qiyat and those who descended from Takūz were called Darlgīn. No account is forthcoming of the descendants of Qiyan while they were in Irganaqun—a period of about 2,000 years. Presumably in that place and age reading and writing were not practised. After the lapse of about 2000 years and in the last period of Nūshīrwān's reign, the Qiyat and Darlgīn desired to leave the place, as it was not large enough for them. A mountain which was a mine of iron barred their way at the beginning. Able minds devised deer-skin bellows (gawazn, perhaps elk) and with these they melted that iron mountain and made a way. Then they rescued their country from the hands of the Tatars and others, by the sword, and contriving vigour, and became firmly seated on the throne of success and world-rule. From the circumstance that in four thousand years previous to this event, (i.e., the emigration from Irganaqun) there were twenty-eight lofty ancestors and twenty-five in the millenium after it, sagacious calculators conjecture that during these two thousand years (spent in Irganaqun) there were twenty-five ancestors. - [Previous: 92.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92.2) - [Next: 92.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92.4) - [Up: 92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92.3) · Pramāṇa