The Nāṣirī Generations 258.6.5

258.6.5

The Mughals first possessed themselves of Karan-dijz [which was never called “Karendar,” nor was it situated “between Nessa and Nishapoor,” nor was it situated “in the Kurdish mountains, between Kermanshah and Baghdad,” at a place called “Ardahan,” nor was it “in Khorassan.” See “Mughols Proper,” pp. 81 and 714], so called after Karan, an ancient Dialamah king and champion, of the Gil race, and situated in the Kazwin Darah—that is to say, Karan’s Castle. Without the points on the last letter, د might be mistaken for ر, but any one acquainted with the Persian language would naturally, whether there were points or not, read د affixed to the name of a fortress, as dizh, as a matter of course. It was plundered and levelled with the dust, after which the Mughals moved against I-lal—[called Ilal by our author, at page 280, which was not called “Ilak” then, and I think there is no proof adducible that it is called “Al Ask” now. It is precisely the same word, in the original, as Petis de la Croix’s “Ylale”.] where was the Sultan’s mother, and other ladies of his family, and the younger children, and invested it.