History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.171

c11.171

Mugh means (Steingass, Persian Dictionary, p. 1278) one of the Magi, a worshipper of fire, an infidel, but here it cannot be taken to mean this. The brother of Ismail was an Afghan and a Musalman and not a Magi. The ‘Centurions’ would not certainly elevate to the throne an infidel. Mr. King’s statement that Mugh is the correct reading and not Makh cannot be accepted.