The Nāṣirī Generations 237.8

237.8

“Qamarud-din Timur [?] [See page 742, note] Khan, governor from 5th Zi Qa’dah, 642, to 29th Shawwal, 644. “Ikhtiyaruddin Yuzbak Tughril Khan, proclaims himself king under the title of Sultan Mughisuddin. Perishes in Kamrup. No dates are given. “Jalaluddin Mas’ud, Malik Jani Khilji [!] Khan becomes governor, 18th Zi Qa’dah 656.” [Mr. Blochmann eschews izafats, and criticizes my use of them as un-Persian. By not using an izafat here, as is meant in the original, he turns Jalal-ud-Din, Mas’ud, into his father, Malik Jani, who was killed in 634 H., and at page 206 of the Calcutta Printed Text, what Mr. Thomas styles the impossible name of Khilji Khan is not given, but Jani— which is an error in the official text—“officially imperfect” I suppose is meant—for Kulich. He is also styled Kutlugh, in some copies, but Malik ’Ala-ud-Din, Jani, who is styled, at page 626 of this Translation [Calcutta Text, page 187, with for], Shah-zadah of Turkistan, was his father.] “’Izzuddin Balban, was governor in 657, in which year he was attacked by Tajuddin Arsalan Khan Sanjar i Khwarazmi, who, however, was captured or killed by ’Izzuddin. Tabq. p. 267 [in a foot-note]— Hence Tajuddin Arsalan Khan should not be put among the governors of Bengal!