I860.] Translations from the Tdnlh i Firiiz Skahi. 211 



came out of the city with the imperial forces and marched in the di- 

 rection of Rantambhur. 



Descrijytion of Suit tin 'Aliuddin's march towards Hantamlhur ', Ms 

 arrival at Tilpal, and IJcit Khan's insurrection at that place.* 



When Saltan 'Alaaddin set out from Dihli with the view of cap- 

 turing the fort of Rantambhur, and had arrived at Tilpat,f he halted 

 there for some time, riding out every day to the chase, and indulging 

 in field sports. On one occasion having gone out as usual to the chase, 

 he was benighted, and obliged to take up his quarters in the village 

 of Badah, where he passed the night. Next day before sunrise he gave 

 orders for a [manoeuvre, nargah\ so the officers of the household, and all 

 the retinue occupied themselves in making the necessary preparations 

 for it, while the Sultan himself took up a position in the open country, 

 when he sat dawn upon a cane stool fmorah) with only a few attendants 

 standing round him. The Sultan was thus sitting in expectation of 

 seeing the arrangements for the battle completed, when meanwhile 

 Ifcit Khan, his nephew (brother's son), who held the appointment of 

 VaJdlidari, raised an insurrection, under the idea and impression that 

 just as Sultan 'Alauddin had slain his uncle, and seated himself on 

 his throne, he would likewise be able to slay 'Alauddin and ascend his 



* I have written licit Khan, instead of Ukat, which Major Fuller's translation 

 has. licit is Turkish, and means jaivdn, young, and licit Khan would thus be the 

 opposite of Ulugh Khan, as Ulugh means kaldn, old, senior. Khan i Kaldn also 

 was a title in use before the times of Akbar. The usual scriptio plena also occurs, 



viz., o»£j| for o^|j kjJ\ for AJf ? just as *Uj and a^jS Qutlugh (the same 



as Mubdrik), or (j>J^ and (jjjJlsp Tughlugh (the same as 'alamddr, standard 

 bearer), or JU*> and Jfy^o Mughul (a simple hearted man). Having accident- 

 ally mentioned the word Mubdrik, which occurs so often in names, I may 

 remark that it should be spelt Mubdrik with an i, as it is the Part. Active, 

 asking God to bless some one ; but inasmuch as the Persians change the final i of 

 such Arabic forms to a, we may write Mubarak. In India the pronunciation 

 Mubarik is preferred. 



Firishtah calls Ikit Khan Sulaimdn Shah. In Briggs and Elphinstone's History 

 the name of Ulugh Khan is wrongly given Alaf Khan. 



f Tilpat formed the South Eastern frontier of the Parganah of Dilhi ; vide 

 Beames's Edition of Elliot's Glossary, II. 123. The Nawab Farid Khan mentioned 

 by Elliot is Farid i Bukhari (Murtaza Khan) who defeated Khusrau. Faridabad 

 in Balabgarh, south of Dihli, is named after him, and formed part of Tilpat. 



For Tilpat, the Society's Edition of Badaoni has Panhit(?), and in a foot note 

 Sunpat, which is a town and Parganah forming the northern boundary of the 

 Parganah of Dihli ; but Firishtah has likewise Tilpat. 



The place Badah mentioned a few lines lower down, may bo the Mama' of 

 Badah, S. W. of the town of Jharsah. The Parganah of Jharsah forms the 

 S. W. boundary of the Parganah of Dihli. 



