The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.456

v3.c20.456

¹ In the *Bibliotheca Indica* edition of the text of Barani’s *Tārīkh-i-Fīrūz Shāhī* ‘Azīz is always styled *Himār* (‘the ass’). In the Cairo text of Ibn Batūtah the *Bibliotheca Indica* text of Budaunī, and the Bombay text of Firishta he is called *Khammār* (‘the Vintner’), which seems to have been his correct designation. Between the two words, as usually written, there is a difference of only one dot, the omission of which may be due to a scribe’s carelessness or may be an author’s deliberate pleasantry.