History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.125

c11.125

This is certainly borrowed from Bayley. Hājji-ad-Dabīr also writes *amir-sadah*, but does not explain what he means by the term. Arabic History of Gujarat, p. 1, 158. My investigation has led to the following conclusions:— (1) These foreign amirs were not all Mughals, but men of several nationalities. For example, Malik Makh who was one of the foreign amirs is described by Barani as an Afghan. A great many of them were Mughals, for Barani says the Sultan patronised and favoured the Mughals.