1886.] Ghaznavis in Mdward-mi-Nahr mid fart of Khurdsd^i. Ill 
The Xth ^ was the son of Kadr, Yu gh antigm or Bughra Khan the 
second, then Lord of Bank! or Taraz and Isfanjab (a town on the borders 
of Tnrkistan). He nominated a son Ja’fartigin his heir, on which the 
mother of Ibrahim, a younger son poisoned him with several of his 
Amirs and also put an end to Arsalan the second who was still in con¬ 
finement, in 439 H. 
The Xlth was the son Ibrahim, who was killed on an expedition 
against Binaltigin, or Xialtigin on which he had been sent by his brother, 
and with him the direct line terminates. It may also be noticed that an 
Ibrahim named Tamghaj or Taghmaj Khan is mentioned by one author 
as flourishing about this time. 
The Xllth Abu-l-Muzaffar-i-Tafkaj Khan, the son of another 
Ibrahim bin Nasr. He had previously been a ruler of Samarkand under 
the sovereign and now succeeded to the throne, dying of paralysis in 
460 H. 
The Xlllth Shams ul Mulk Xasr, known as the ^akan, was a son 
of Taf-kaj. He married the daughter of Sultan Alp Arsalan, the Saljuk, 
who in 453 or 454 undertook the subjugation of Turkistan, but had to 
abandon the enterprise and return from Kashghar to the aid of the Khali- 
fah. Alp Arsalan’s son, afterwards famous as Sultan Malik Shah, married 
a niece of Xasr’s named Turkan Khatun and on at least one or two 
occasions Malik S'hah invaded the Khan’s dominions. In 468 he entered 
Mawara-un-Xahr and deposed Sulinuin Khan who governed at Samarkand, 
and by way of teaching this governor to behave himself, he was made to 
walk all the way to Isfahan on foot, but was subsequently restored. In 
471, Sultan Malik Shah came again and finally removed him. Xasr died 
in 472 H. 
The XIVth was Khizr Khan, a brother of Xasr, who died soon after. 
The XVth Ahmad Khan the son of Khizr. or of another brother 
Ja’far, whose tyranny became so notorious that Sultan Malik Shah marched 
into Mawara-un-Xahr to coerce him. Ahmad was defeated and sent to 
his aunt, Turkan Khatun, but after awhile restored to the sovereignty. 
In 488 H. he was put to death for heresy. 
as succeeding in 408, but notliing is known as regards his death. The second is 
said to be advanced from the over-lordship of Kashghar &c. to sovereign power in 
423. It is not quite clear that they were different persons. 
So also the Kadr^an who is mentioned as furnishing such material aid to 
I'lak at the battle of Balkh in 398 is not afterwards accounted, for while in the 
Tabakat the Kadr^an who concludes a treaty with Mahmud in 416 or 419 
is called the brother of the late I'lak, Gardezi calls him cousin. They may be 
the same. Possibly further numismatic evidence may help to clear up the diffi¬ 
culties. 
