76 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
historical literature shows that neither of these surmises is 
well-founded. Phrases having the same import as Urdi-t- 
Zafarqarin occur very frequently in several standard histories 
which were written Iong before the birth of Akbar. In the 
‘Zafarnama’ of Sharfu-d-din ‘Ali Yazdi, a contemporanéous 
ene es of Timur (written in 1424 A.C., Vide E.D. III, 
78), I have noted the following synonymous expressions. 
ck} coop ticemepidoed Bibl. Ind. Edition, I, 342, 406, 
413, 419; II, 164, 208, 215, 336, 349, 
We 86 Coys! Ibid., I, 426. 
cooly cosa! II. 90, 315, 318, 324, 346, 353, 354, 358, 
373, 375, 378, 399, 459, 498, 512, 515, 
556, 561, 570. 
ple Coysy TI, Loe 282, 335, 381, 504, 550; II, 10, 
154, 227, 244, 377, 437, 491, 523, 567. 
Eris Re wyty IT, 52, 87, 480. 
bof PE Samave II, 63. 
gay RE Sune I, 78, 140, 197, 199, 419, 552; II, 30, 42, 
45, 47, 49, 57, 58, 87, 92, 171, 264. 
Wiss 26 Sma T, 529; II, 32, 60, 129, 150, 221, 266, 291, 
313, 345, 378, 380, 398, 399, 421, 464, 
468. 
cle Ab Sma0 I, 324; II, 96, 127, 540. 
wyilee See I, 83, 197, 261, 296, 335, 339, 376, 465; 
Il, 59, 62, 73, 82, 174, 349. 
cy 8B 5,0 J, 253, 311, 360, 568; II, 12, 65, 77, 82, 
34, 186, 191, 223, "238, 348, 359, 372, 
464, 500, 505, 516, 574, 638. 
Similar locutions occur frequently in the ‘ Rauzatu-s- -Safa ’ 
of Mirkhwand and the ‘ Habibu-s- -Siyar ’ of Khwandmir, as will 
appear from the following :— 
tet (coy! ‘ Rauzatu-s-Safa ’ (History of Timir and his 
Descendants), Bombay Lithograph, VI, 
23, 68, 84. 
ised whee cosa! ‘ Rauzat.,’ Ibid., 86, 114. 
6593 WhaS Cc)! ‘Habibu-s-siyar’ (Bombay Lithograph, 
History of Timir, IIT, iii, 39, 298). 
— cosas)! ‘ Rauzat.,’ Jb. oe ‘ Habib.,’ 1b., 31. 
wry5 ane use)! ‘ Rauzat.,’ Ibid., 
ws 8) (59)!  Habib.,’ Ib., 32, hii 
