The Nāṣirī Generations 245.13

245.13

Those Turks, Tattars, and Mughals who occupy at present the old seats of the Tajziks, between Hirat, Kabul, and Kandahar [“the Afghans of Ghor” as they were wont, until very lately, improperly to be styled, and who are said to have “founded the ‘pre-Mughal’ Patan dynasty of Hinpaganism, the kingdom of Hindustan, by the grace of Almighty God, and the favour of fortune, under the shadow III. Aminjah — and, by different authors, Alinjah — Balinjah — Malinjah — and without points — which may be anything; but Abu-l-Ghazi, contrary to all other writers, styles him Jalinzah [? He was succeeded by his son, IV. I-ley — whom some style Ansi or Insi — and Isley — and without diacritical points. Abu-l-Ghazi styles this ruler Itelah [?]. He was succeeded by his son, V. Atsiz — which is written in some of the works quoted Altur and Astir but they are evidently both intended for which is a well-known Turkish name. This however is a specimen of the manner in which careless copyists, ignorant of the subject copied, make correct names incorrect. Abu-l-Ghazi calls him Atasir or Atsir [?]. He was engaged in wars, but against whom is not recorded. Hostility had probably already arisen between the Tattar and Mughal I-maks. VI. Ardu or Urdu also written Ardah or Urdah son of Atsiz, succeeded to the authority, and, at his death, his son,