The Nāṣirī Generations 182.7

182.7

Isma’il, brother of Pranki, and son of Siani, son of Ludi, had two sons, one of whom was named Sur, who is the founder, — not Muhammad, son of Suri the Ghurian — of the Afghan tribe, not of Suri, which here is a proper name, but of Sur. Sur, great grandson of Ludi, had four sons, from one of whom words had pronounced, and which have been previously in the ninth degree, sprung Farid, afterwards Sher Shah, and therefore, according to the Afghan mode of describing their peoples’ descent, he would be styled, Sher Khan, of the Shera Khel, of the Sur subdivision of the Ludi tribe of the Batani Afghans or Patans. The name of Suri occurring among the Ghuri Taziks, and Sur among the Afghans, immediately struck Firishtah probably, and he, at once, jumped at the conclusion that they were one and the same, and that the Ghuris were Afghans, and Afghans Ghuris. But, although Firishtah made this mistake—for he is the first who made it—he never turns Turkish slaves, Khalj Turks, Sayyids, and others into Patans, for, according to Firishtah’s statements also, Bah-lul, Ludi, is the first Patan sovereign of Dihli, as stated by other authors who preceded him. Under the reign of Salim [Islam] Shah, Sur, Dow has [at page 191, vol. ii.], when mentioning his death, "In this same year, Mahmood, the Patan King of Guzerat, and the Nizam of the Decan, who was of the same nation, died."