The Tarikh-i-rashidi: A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia; an English Version (Google eBook)

Dughlát Muhammad Haidar

S. Low, Marston and Company, 1895 - Mogul Empire - 663 pages

Contents

• PART I: 120
• PbologueContents: 1
• History of KamarudDin 39: 39
• XXIII: 48
• XXVII: 57
• XXXI: 64
• XXXIV: 71
• XXXIX: 77
• XLI: 84
• VI: 92
• XLIX: 98
• Early days of Sultan Mahmud Khan son of Yunus Khan 107: 107
• LXVL Shah Khan son of Mansur Khan: 129
• Concerning the laudable virtues and rare attainments of Sultan: 137
• PART II: 150
• his connection with: 172
• Biibar Padishahs journey into Khorasan and his return from: 199
• Expedition of Shahi Beg Khan against the Kazak and: 230
• Accession of Babar Padishah to the Throne of Mavardun: 243
• the Origin of their: 272
• Some further Details in the same Connection: 280
• Description of Kashghar: 286
• Bakr at Kashghar: 310
• Decline of Mirza Aba Bakr facts connected therewith: 319
• The Conquest of Kashghar: 325
• History of the Khan after the Conquest of Kashghar: 331
• The Khans Holy War against Sarigh Uighur and the reason: 348
• Settlement of Moghulistan and the Kirghiz Beginning: 358
• How the Khan wishing to become a Darvish intended: 370
• Last Visit of the Khan to Moghulistan The Moghuls: 377
• Shah Muhammad Sultan and conclusion of his Story: 381
• Rashid Sultan and the Author lead a Holy War into Balur: 384
• Second Expedition of the Khan into Badakhshan and the causes of certain contemporary events: 387
• Causes of the Rupture between the Khan and Aiman Khwaja Sultan: 391
• The Khan becomes the disciple of Khwaja Khavand Mahmud: 395
• Journey of Hazrat Makhdumi into India and certain matters connected therewith: 398
• Miracles of Khwaja Nura: 399
• The End of Khwaja Nuras Biography: 401
• Conclusion of Babar Padishahs History: 402
• Invasion of Tibet by the Khan: 403
• Description of the position mountains and plains of Tibet An account of the Customs and Religion of the Inhabitants: 404
• Account of the curiosities of Tibet: 411
• XC1 Tibet and the Customs of it People: 414
• The Khan makes a Holy War on Tibet: 417
• Arrival of the Khan in Tibet following the Author His entrance into Haiti Journey of the Author to Kashmir: 420
• The Khans experiences in Balti: 422
• XCYI The Authors arrival in Kashmir and events connected therewith: 423
• Description of Kashmir: 424
• XCVHI Further Wonders: 426
• Extract from the Zafar Ndma: 430
• Account of the Religious Sects of Kashmir: 434
• CH Return to the main Narrative: 437
• Retreat from Kashmir and subsequent events: 441
• Return of the Khan from Marvel to his capital Yarkand and the Authors Mission to Irsang: 443
• The Death of the Khan and an Epitome of his Life: 445
• Events in Kashghar after the Khans death: 449
• Account of Muhammadi Barlas who was AmirulUmara to Rashid Khan: 452
• March of the Author towards Ursang The slaying of hits brother Abdullah Mirza Details of the Expedition: 454
• Sufferings in Tibet and the Death of the Authors cousin Mahmud Mirza: 459
• The Author crosses from Tibet to BadakhsMn: 464
• Humiiyun Padishah son of Babar Padishah and his downfall: 469
• The Battle of the Ganges 471: 471
• Flight of the Chaghatai from Hindustan to Lahur: 477
• Origin of the Authors Expedition to Kashmir: 481
• The Author conquers Kashmir Adventures of the Chaghatai after their departure from Hindustan: 483
• Parting of the Author from Humayun Padishah Conquest of Kashmir Contemporaneous events and Conclusion: 484
• The Square Silver Coins: 487
• 1: 496

Popular passages

Page 28 - Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Doorways are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp Abode his Hour or two, and went his way.‎

Page 99 - Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations ; they call their lands after their own names.‎

Page 1 - And Persia, and the wild Carmanian waste, And o'er the aerial mountains which pour down Indus and Oxus from their icy caves, In joy and exultation held his way...‎

Page 69 - Going east from this, we enter a great drifting sand desert. These sands extend like a drifting flood for a great distance, piled up or scattered according to the wind. There is no trace left behind by travellers, and cities, and particularly of Katak, see i.‎

Page iv - And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay, We'll lead you to the stately tent of war, Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlaine : Threatening the world with high astounding terms, And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword.‎

Page 109 - Whatever the case, at the end of the sixteenth century and at the beginning of the seventeenth, Djenne was still, according to the author of the Tarikh es-Soudan, a great center of exchange of Sahara salt for gold.‎

Page 476 - In short it was impossible to hold our ground. They so pressed upon us in the rear, that they drove the centre upon the chains stretched between the chariots, and they and the soldiers dashed each other upon them. Those who were behind so pressed upon those who were in front, that they broke through the chains. The men who were posted by the chains were driven beyond it, and the few who remained behind were broken, so that all formation was destroyed.‎

Page 474 - The Imperial army reached the banks of the Ganges in the best way that it could. There it encamped and lay for about a month, the Emperor being on one side of the river, and Sher Khan on the other, facing each other. The armies may have amounted to more than 200,000 men. Muhammad Sultan Mirza...‎

Page 81 - Their faces were set on their bodies as if they had no neck. Their cheeks resembled soft leathern bottles, full of wrinkles and knots. Their noses extended from cheek to cheek, and their mouths from cheek-bone to cheek-bone. Their nostrils resembled rotten graves, and from them the hair descended as far as the lips.‎

Page 475 - The Emperor had posted the author of this work upon his left, so that his right flank should be on the Emperor's left. In the same position he had placed a force of chosen troops. On my left, all my retainers were stationed. I had 400 chosen men, inured to warfare and familiar with battle, fifty of whom were mounted on horses accoutred with armour. Between me and the river (jiii-bdr) there was a force of twenty-seven amirs, all of whom carried the tugh banner.‎

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Tarikh-i-rashidi: A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia; an English Version
• Author: Dughlát Muhammad Haidar
• Editor: N. Elias
• Translated by: Sir Edward Denison Ross
• Publisher: S. Low, Marston and Company, 1895
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Oct 12, 2007
• Length: 663 pages