[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of the Qaraunah Turks in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936) › c6.38 # History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.38 History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.38 - **Language:** English ### [c6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c6.38) ²⁴ The word is variously written in various texts. Some have Vakil-i-dar, others Vakil-al-dar and Vakildo. Briggs is right in adopting the form Vakil-i-dar. Major Raverty (\*Tabqat-i-Nasiri\* I, p. 694) discusses at length the meaning of Vakil-i-dar and says that Vakil-i-dar and Vakil-i-darbar are equivalent. This seems to be incorrect. Ibn Batutah distinctly says (III, p. 196) that the Vakil-i-dar held the keys of the palace.\* Barani supports Ibn Batutah. There is no resemblance whatsoever between the Vakil-i-dar and Vakil of Mughal times. - [Previous: c6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c6.37) - [Next: c6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c6.39) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c6) ## Cites (2) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic - [Ṭabaqāt-i Nāṣirī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri) — Minhāj al-Dīn Jūzjānī --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c6.38) · Pramāṇa