The Nāṣirī Generations 288.1.8

288.1.8

But, from comparison, we arrive at some other facts. The Fanakati and some others say, that, east of Khitae, the of the Hindus, and Jakut of the Mughals, inclining south-east, is an extensive country called Manzi it is also written in some MSS. and and sometimes, by the Fanakati also, or by the Chinese, Maha-Chin by the Hindus, and Tingnash by the Mughals. This latter name too, as I have previously remarked, is written in so many different ways that it is difficult to determine which is the most correct. It is written Tingnash—in several very correctly and carefully written MSS., also Tingbash—Biktash,—Tingtash,—Tingnas, and the like, but I believe, after all, that the way in which it is written in the “Nuzhat-ul-Kulub” is the correct one, namely, Ningias, or Ningaish. This country is said, by the Fanakati and others, to be separated from Khitae or Chin by the Kara Mur-an or Black River, that its capital was Khunsae or Shunsae, that it is also called Karawere perishing. He despatched swift messengers into Tur-