556 Some Remarks on the Origin of the Afghan people. [No. 6. 



" His Highness Saddo chief of the Afghans, being the fruit of the 

 tree of that garden, and a blossom of that rose tree, this account of 

 his ancestry has been compiled to the end, that their fame may be 

 known to posterity. 



" What can we inherit, but fame beyond the limits of the tomb." 



" The following histories and authorities have been, consulted in the 

 ■composition of the work, viz. ; — Tarikh~i~Salatin-i-Sureah ; Tabakat-i- 

 Akbiri ; Asen-i-Akbiri ; Mirat-ul-Afghanah, which work was written 

 by Kban Jehan, Ludhi, in the reign of the Emperor Jehangir; 

 Tarikh-i-Shahan-i-Safawiah, Irani ; Shah Jehan Nameh ; Tarikh 

 Alamgiri ; Furukh Seori ; Tarikh-i-Mahommed Shahi ; Nadir Nameh ; 

 Tarikh Ahmed Shahi ; Eassalah Akbar, Khadkah ; and other infor- 

 mation has been collected from the narratives of trustworthy per- 

 sons. I have entitled the work, Tazkirat-ul-Muluk, of the ancestry 

 of the tribe of Saddo, the chief of the Afghans. It consists of 

 one onukaddamah (preface), two asals (originals), and one Jchdtimah 

 (epilogue).*" 



Mulcaddamali. 



On the forefather of Saddo, Chief of the Afghan people. 



The great ancestor of this tribe is Malik Talut (Saul) who is men- 

 tioned in the Koran and other w T orks, as descended from Binyamin ? 



(Neamut Ullah, Part II. page 40) have fallen into error respecting this fourth grand 

 division of the Afghans, called by them respectively the Betnee, and Botni, Baitni, 

 or Batini. .Jj=b is not the name of a tribe, but is derived from the Arabic ^.kb 



batin which means, hidden, or knowing the hidden or concealed, hence the Al- 

 mighty is often termed. ^Jsbil Al Bdtin. 



* The contents of the whole work are ;■ — Mukaddamah. On the forefathers of 

 Saddo, chief of the Afghans. First Asal. On the subject of those of the tribe who 

 have ever dwelt in Afghanistan. This Asal is divided into two Farace or Parts, 

 1st. Respecting that branch who have ruled over the whole tribe. 2nd. On the 

 other members of the tribe, who still dwell in their native country. Second Asal. 

 On that branch of the clan who left their country and took up their abode at Mul- 

 tan. This is in five Far a<js or parts. 1st. On the Khan Modud Khail. 2nd. The 

 history of the Bahadur Khail. 3rd. Account of the Kamran Khail. 4th. Ac- 

 count of the Zoefaran Khail. 5th. The Khwajah Khizar Khail, who are generally 

 known as the Sultan Khail, Khodkah. Khaiimah. Account of the remaining 

 branches of the Khwajah Khizar Khail, the descendants of Shah Dur-i-Duian, and 

 their dispersion into various parts of India, and the Panjab. 



