The Nāṣirī Generations 248.5.3

248.5.3

Every year, when the anniversary of that day comes round on which the Qaiat and Dural-gin came out of Irganah-Kun, the Mughals keep it as a great festival, and on the night thereof the Mughal sovereigns have the implements of the blacksmith brought in, place a piece of iron in the fire, and heat it, and, and in order that that which I myself witnessed, and what when hot, beat it on an anvil with a hammer, in commemoration of opening the way out, and this custom, imperfectly understood by Ibn Batutah, and others, led them probably to make the absurd statement that the Chingiz Khan, or Tamur-chi, was in his outset a blacksmith in the country of Siita ” ! Other authors say that all who can trace their descent to Kian or Naguz— Qaiats and Dural-gins — are considered true Mughals. On the death of Yal-duz or I-yal-duz his son succeeded to his authority. Ju-inah — and, by some few writers, Chubinah — and Khu-inah — and even but these two last forms are erroneous without doubt, particularly the last, succeeded his father, Yal-duz or I-yal-duz, in the chieftainship, but the Tarikh-i-Jahan-gir does not account him as a ruler, and makes Ju-inah’s daughter next in succession to Yal-duz or I-yal-duz. The Tarikh-i-Ghazani, which Abu-l-Ghazi also quotes, differs considerably from other writers. It states that Yal-duz or I-yal-duz had two sons named Bakjadi or Bagjadi — and Bilkadae or Bilgadae — [according to Rashid-ud-Din, in the Jami'-ut-Tawarikh.