Twilight of the Sultanate c19.s2.2

c19.s2.2

THERE IS A most perplexing plethora of variants of the place-name of Jasrat Khokhar’s stronghold in the Kashmir hills. Yahyā calls it Tikhar (تیکھر) in one place,¹ and in another Tilhar.² Elliot’s MSS. also had Tikhar.³ Badaonī has Talhar, and Ranking in a note adds that it is “in the Kashmir hill tracts”.⁴ Nizāmuddīn⁵ has Thīkah while Ferishta calls it Bisal.⁶