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gave them to his own eldest son 'All Khan, and in 'All Khan's possession they now were.
(Author's note on Daulat Khan Yusuf-khail.) This Tatar Khan, the father of Daulat Khan, was one of six or seven sardars who, sallying out and becoming dominant in Hindustan, made Buhliil Padshah. He held the country north of the Satluj (sic) and Sahrind,1 the revenues of which exceeded 3 kriirs.- On Tatar Khan's death, SI. Sikandar (Ludi), as over-lord, took those countries from Tatar Khan's sons and gave Lahiir only to Daulat Khan. That happened a year or two before I came into the country of Kabul (910 AH.).
(/. Bdbur,s journey resumed?)
{Feb. 22nd) Next morning foragers were sent to several convenient places ; on the same day I visited Bhlra ; and on the same day Sangur Khan Janjiiha came, made offering of a horse, and did me obeisance.
{Feb. 2jrd) On Wednesday the 22nd of the montn, trie headmen and chauderts^ of Bhlra were summoned, a sum of 400,000 shahrukhis 4 was agreed on as the price of peace {mal-iaman), and collectors were appointed. We also made an excursion, going in a boat and there eating a confection.
{Feb. 2^j.tti) Haidar the standard-bearer had been sent to the Biluchls located in Bhlra and Khush-ab; on Thursday morning they made an offering of an almond-coloured tipuchaq [horse], and did obeisance. As it was represented to me that some of the soldiery were behaving without sense and were laying-hands on Bhlra people, persons were sent who caused some of those senseless people to meet their death-doom, of others slit the noses and so led them .round the camp.
{Feb. 2$tli) On Friday came a dutiful letter from the Khushabis ; on this Shah Shuja' Arghuns son Shah Hasan was appointed to go to Khush-ab.
1 or Sihrind, mod. Sirhind or'Sar-i-hind (Head of Hind). It may be noted here, for what it may be found worth, that Kh(w)afi Khan [i, 402] calls Sar-i-hind the old name, says that the place was once held by th^ Ghaznl dynasty arid was its Indian frontier, and that Shah-jahan changed it to Sahrind. The W.-i-B. I.O. 217 f. 155 writes Shahrind.
2 Three krores or crores of dams, at 40 to the rupee, would make this 750, 000 rupees, or about .£75,000 sterling (Erskine); a statement from the ancient history of the rupl !
3 This Hindustani word in some districts signifies the head man of a trade, in others a landholder (Erskine).
4 In Mr. Erskine's time this sum was reckoned to be nearly .£20,000.
