History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c14.s1.10

c14.s1.10

The *Tarikh-i-Rashidi* of Mirza Haider Daghlat, a cousin of the Emperor Babar, composed towards the middle of the 16th century, is the history of that branch of the Mughal Khans who separated themselves about the year 1321, from the main stem of the Chaghtāi, which was then the ruling clan in Transoxiana. Mirza Haider tells us much about the Mughals and incidentally gives a brief account of the Qaraunahs. The *Tarikh-i-Rashidi* has been translated into English by Ney Elias and Sir Denison Ross and the learned translators have in their introduction cleared up many intricacies regarding the Turkish and Mughal tribes. The footnotes and the appendices contain much valuable information which helps us to elucidate the tangled history of the various clans of Central Asia.