1870.] Translations from the Tdrihh i Firiiz Shdhi. 47 



Mughuls, and invaded Multan, to avenge the death of Muhammad 

 Taryaq (?) and 'Ali Beg. 'Alauddin sent this time also Malik Naib 

 and Malik Tughluq against them. When the Mughuls returned, 

 'Alauddin's army followed them in forced marches. Kapak was 

 caught in the fight, but he was exchanged for the prisoners and the 

 spoils which had fallen into the hands of the infidel Tatars.' 



' From that day the desire of invading Hindustan grew cold in the 

 hearts of the Mughuls, and the teeth of their rapaciousness were all on 

 edge.' — 



Of the five invasions mentioned by Badaoni, the third is not to 

 be found in any other historical work. It is a matter of surprise that 

 Barani should have said nothing about it, as Baran was the centre 

 of the expedition. For the fourth invasion also, Badaoni has a few 

 new particulars. 



I have not seen a MS. of Khusrau's Khazdin ulfutiih, though it 

 would be of interest to examine that book as also his Qirdn ussa'dain 

 from a historical point of view. 



Brigg's Firishtah has only a few differences in the proper nouns, 

 and his variations might be increased by comparing the Bombay and 

 the Lucknow editions. 



Badaoni complains that ' historians, in narrating these invasions, 

 have let the thread of chronology slip from their hands ;' but it is 

 not only the chronology which is unsatisfactory : the geographical de- 

 tails of this period have been as much neglected by the historians, 

 as in other parts of Indian History. From Firishtah and from p. 327, 

 1. 1, of Barani 's text edition it is, however, clear that the Mughul 

 invasions all took place before A. H. 708 or 709.] 



* 

 Thus had Sultan 'Alauddin eradicated the Mughuls, and stopped up 

 completely the road of their invasions, while the soldiery from the 

 establishment of a cheap price for every military equipment, and arti- 

 cle of consumption, were in a flourishing condition. The provinces 

 in every quarter were under the administration of trusty nobles and 

 worthy courtiers, the rebellious had become obedient and submissive, 

 ancbthe system of imperial taxation* [according to measurement, and 



* 'Alauddin's house tax (ghari) and grazing tax (charm) corresponds to the 

 Khdnahshwndri and Gdoshumdri of later reigns. Both taxes were looked upon 

 as illegal and odious. Vide my A'in text, p. 301, 1. 5. 



