The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c13.133

v1.c13.133

⁵ In the original Arabic Text of the *Kitāb-i-Yamīnī*, the name is clearly given as جنكي بن سمهي. See the text printed on the margin of *Ta'rīkh ul-Kāmil*, Bulak, Cairo, 1874, Vol. XII, p. 73. Reynolds in his translation from the Persian version of the text gives the name as 'Habali-'bn-Shāsnī,' see p. 451; Elliott (Vol. II, p. 42) gives the name as Sahli, son of Shāhī, son of Bāmhi.' I do not know where Prof. Habib gets the name 'Sali.' See his *Maḥmūd of Ghaznin*, p. 36. As 'Utbī, the contemporary historian distinctly calls him "ruler of the pass of Kashmir" we cannot accept the statement of Firishta that he was lord of the whole valley. (I am indebted to Dr. Mirza of Lucknow University for help in comparing the original Arabic Text.)