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H. Gr. Raverty —The Mihrdn of Sind and its Trihutaiies. [No. 4, 
Rawi] opposite Tulaim [i. e., Tulanbah], facing that town. He passed 
over with his forces, no bridge being mentioned, and pitched his camp 
in the plain near the fort of Tulaim.” 
From Amir Timur’s own Tuzuk it also appears, that he crossed the 
united Bihat or Jihlam, which he calls the Jamad, and the Chin-ao or 
Chin-ab. He says: “ There was a fort there, which was erected near 
the bank of these rivers [the point where the confluence then took place], 
and there I encamped, and amused myself in watching the force of the 
current, and the dashing and surging of the waters, where these two 
great rivers meet.” Having crossed the river, he moved downwards 
towards Tulanbah, crossed the Rawi, and moved nearer to that place, 
which, it is stated, “ is thirty-five leuroh from Multan.” It must be 
remembered, that, at this time, his grandson, the Mirza, Pir Muhammad, 
was in possession of Multan. The Amir then crossed what he calls 
“the Tulambi river,” by which he refers, of course, to the Rawi, and 
which, as I have before stated, then flowed more to the north of Tulanbah 
than at present. He subsequently moved towards the Biah as stated 
below. 
The historian says, that no Badshah had ever before bridged the united rivers 
Jamad and Chin-ao ; for, that, although Taramshirin Khan had crossed the Chin-ao, 
he did not succeed in throwing a bridge across it. This is the ’Ala-ud-Din, Taram¬ 
shirin Khan mention by Ibn Bat Utah, who was then ruler of Bukhara. He was the 
son of Dowa Khan, and brother of Kutlugli Khwajah, of the family of the Chingiz or 
Great Khan, who then ruled over Mawara-nn-Nahr. Taramshirin Khan invaded 
India in 729 H. (1328-29 A. D.), having entered it through the territory dependant 
on Multan ; carried his arms to within sight of Dihli, the ruler thereof, at that time 
being absent in the Dakhan ; passed through Guzerat and Sind ; and finally re¬ 
crossed the Indus near Multan. What these parts suffered from this raid may be 
imagined. 
The Malfuzat-i-Timuri says, that he, Taramshirin Kh an, used his utmost en¬ 
deavours to construct a bridge of boats, but without success, and had to cross his 
army by means of boats. This was what the people of that part told Amir Timur. 
The often-quoted “ Ferishta 55 says (in the original) that Amir Timur “ keeping 
along the banks of the river reached a place where the river of Jalandar [sic. he 
did not copy his authorities correctly here] and the Biah join, and there there 
were tivo strong fortresses called Talmani ( ). He passed the river by a bridge 
of boats, and encamped in the Talmani plain [ sahra ]. After having destroyed 
Talmani, he arrived at the mauza’ of Shah Nawaz on the bank of the Biah. 5 ’ Here 
it will be seen what a precious jumble he has made of matters. Again, in the extract 
from the Tankh-i-Mubarak Shah-i, by the Editor of Elliot’s “Historians 55 after he 
had written lulamba 5 and “ Talami, 55 a score of times, we have the following: 
Intelligence came that Amir Timur, King of Khurasan, had attacked Talma, and was 
staying at Multan. To this “Talina” is a note, saying, “This name is also given 
in the Tabakat-i Akbari, and in Badauni.’ 5 It never strikes him that “ Tulanba 55 
is the place, or that he had previously referred to it# 
