The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c20.119

v1.c20.119

³ This is much more probable than the suggestion that the name should be read as Pur-i-Jaypal in the sense of ‘son of Jaypal.’ Pur is an old Persian word and is seldom used by the Persian historians in the sense of a son. It is certainly not Arabic. If the Arabic writers wanted to write ‘son of Jaypāl,’ they would have probably written ‘ibn Jaypāl.’ I am indebted for this suggestion to Dr. W. Mirza of the Lucknow University. *KZA* (p. 76), while giving the name as Tarū-Jaypāl sometimes omits the first portion and gives the name as Jaypāl. Apparently he did not consider *Tarū* as an essential part of this name.