The Nāṣirī Generations 244.10.8

244.10.8

Since note page 732, was written, I find the word — Ta-ishi — repeatedly used in the History of Amir Timur, the Gurgan. Abul-Ghazi, Bahadur Khan, in his Shajarah-ul-Atrak says a man possessing a fine voice is so styled, and Vambery says it is Chinese for a writer, but he has evidently confounded it with the Turkish word Bitik-chi, which bears that signification. There cannot be any doubt of its being a Turkish word, and it is undoubtedly a title of rank. It is therefore clear that the words in the text — and — are meant for — Ta-ishi. The only difficulty in adopting this solution of the matter that a Turk of that rank should have been in a state of bondage; but he may have been taken captive in some of the constant feuds between the Turks of the Tattar and Mughal i-maks, and sold as a slave.