[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Twilight of the Sultanate](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963) › c19.s2.2 # Twilight of the Sultanate c19.s2.2 Twilight of the Sultanate c19.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.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 - [Previous: c19.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s1.12) - [Next: c19.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s2.3) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) — Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Firishta 1606, Persian - [Tārīkh-i Mubārakshāhī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-mubarakshahi) — Yaḥyā b. Aḥmad Sirhindī --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c19.s2.2) · Pramāṇa