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KABUL
in seven or eight years, excepting only Muhammad-i-zaman Mlrza.1
(g. His amirs.)
There was Muhammad Baranduq Barlas, descending from Chaku Barlas as follows, Muhammad Baranduq, son, of 'All, son of Baranduq, son of Jahan-shah, son of Chaku Barlas.2 He had been a beg of Babur Mirza's presence ; later on SI. Abu-sa'Id Mlrza favoured him, gave him Kabul conjointly with Jahanglr Barlas, and made him Aulugh Beg Mirza's guardian.' After the death of SI. Abu-sa'ld Mlrza, Aulugh Beg Mlrza formed designs against the two Barlas; they got to know this, kept tight hold of him, made the tribes and hordes march,3 moved as for Qunduz, and when up on Hindu-kush, courteously compelled Aulugh Beg Mirza to start back for Kabul, they themselves going on to SI. Husain Mlrza in Khurasan, who, in his turn, shewed them great favour. Muhammad Baranduq was remarkably intelligent, a very leaderlike man indeed ! He was extravagantly fond of a hawk ; so much so, they say, that if a hawk of his had strayed or had died, he would ask, taking the names of his sons on his lips, what it would have mattered if such or such a son had died or had broken his neck, rather than this or that bird had died or had strayed.
Muzaffar Barlas was another.* He had been with the Mirza in the guerilla fighting and, for some cause unknown, had received extreme favour. In such honour was he in those guerilla days that the compact was for the Mirza to take four dang {syyAhs) of any country conquered, and for him to take two dang. A strange compact indeed! How could it be right to make even a faithful servant a co-partner in rule ? Not even a younger
' Seven sons predeceased him : Farrukh, Shah-i-gharib, Muh. Ma'sum, Haidar, Ibrahim-i-husain, Muh. Husain and Abu-turab. So too five daughters :■ Aq, Bega, Agha, Klchik and Fatima-sultan Begims. So too four wives: Bega-sultan and Chflll Begims, Zubaida and Lattf-sultan Aghachas (H.S. iii, 327).
2 Chaku, a Barlas, as was Timiir, was one of Tirnur's noted men.
At this point some hand not the scribe's has entered on the margin of the Hai. MS. the descendants of Muh. Baranduq down into Akbar's reign : Muh. Faridun, bin Muh. Quli Khan, bin Mirza'Ali, bin Muh. Baranduq Barlas. Of these Faridun and Muh. Quli are amirs of the Ayln-i-akbari list (Blochmann, pp.341.342; H.S. iii, 233).
3 Enforced marches of Mughuls and other nomads are mentioned also on f. 154^ and f. 155.
* H.S. iii, 228, 233, 235.
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