The Nāṣirī Generations 57.2

57.2

Guzidah says Bahram died in 544 H. after a reign of thirty-two years, while Fanakati asserts that he reigned twenty years, and died in 532 H. The Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh, which is generally most particular and correct as regards dates, agrees with Guzidah as to the year, but confirms the statement of Yafa’i, Fasih-i, and the Nizam-ut-Tawarikh, as to Khusrau Shah having reigned but one year, after which the tribe of Ghuzz came against Ghaznin, and he, being unable to cope with them, retired into Hind, and took up his residence at Lahor, where he died in 545 H. The Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh however adds, that, in the Rauzat-us-Safa the year 555 H. is given. Guzidah also says this event occurred in 555 H., and in this Kazi Baizawi agrees. Among more modern works, the Tazkirat-ul-Muluk and Tarikh-i-Alfi state that Bahram died in 547 H., after reigning thirty-five years, and Khusrau Shah in 555 H., and in this the Tabakat-i-Akbari, Badauni, and Firishtah, and other modern writers agree. Our author states that Bahram ascended the throne in 511 H., and died in 552 H., after a reign of forty-one years; and that Khusrau Shah, his son, succeeded, and reigned seven years, but does not give the date of his decease; but, by his statement, it would have been in 559 H., after which date his son, Khusrau Malik, succeeded. Their coins, mentioned farther on, tend to show the contrary.