284 H. G. Raverty— The Mihrdn of Sind and its Tributaries. [No. 4, 
near the Jearyah of Jinjan, where he halted for four days and nights. 252 
“ In the mean time,” he says, “ in the course of two or three days, the 
whole army, some by means of boats, and some by swimming [their 
horses], effected the passage of that rolliug river without a single ac¬ 
cident.” 
There is no remark made, either by Amir Timur himself or by the 
historian, as to any difficulty in crossing the Rawi, but here there was 
Some difficulty experienced. Further, we find the Biali still flowing 
in its old bed, and that it was a “ rolling river,” and “ was not fordable.” 
This fact is conclusive ; and I shall presently show, that no Gfiarah, 
Ghara, or Hariari 263 (miscalled Sutlaj, so low down, by English writers) 
flowed in this neighbourhood at this time, and that such names were 
unknown in these immediate parts, at the period here referred to. 
Leaving Jinjan, Amir Timur marched one stage to the karyah of 
—Sihwal, or Siliwal— Jj-^>; and on the 21st from thence made 
another stage to —Aswan or Asuan, where he remained one day. 
Next day, leaving it, he made another stage to —Jliawal or — 
Jliawal. 2541 The people of Debal-pur, when the Mirza, Pir Muhammad, 
arrived in those parts, had submitted to him, and had been well treated; 
but, when they found that, through the mortality among his horses, he 
had been obliged to leave his camp outside, and retire within the walls 
of Multan, they, like others in the neighbourhood of that place, rose, 
and in combination with the Ghulams of Sultan Firuz Shah, Musafir, 
252 Timur’s “ Malfuzat” says, respecting his camp at Janjan : “I directed that 
the whole army, with the war materials and baggage, should cross the river (Biali) 
to Janjan, and that my pavilion should be erected on a small pushtah (eminence) 
just outside the place, at the foot of which there was a pleasant garden. When this 
had been done, I crossed the river, after which I ascended the little eminence, and 
from it a verdant plain lay stretched out before me.” 
253 Also written Harihari. 
254 The names of these places vary a little in different MSS., and in different 
works. Some have Khinjan instead of Jinjan, ‘kh’ and ‘ j ’ being often changed 
through the displacement of a point over or under, others Sahan, and even Sahak. 
The second name does not vary so much, and is written Sihwal or Sihwal. The 
third, likewise, does not vary much, being Aswan in most MSS., and Aswal in one or 
two. The last is written Jliawal, Jhawal, and Jawal. The first reading given in the 
text above is the most trustworthy ; but I fail to trace any of these four places. 
Rennell, in his “ Memoir on the map of Hindoostan,” has Jenjian, Schoual, 
Asouan, and Jehaul respectively (from P. de la Croix’s “History of Timur-Bec),” 
but, since his map was constructed, vast changes have taken place through the altera¬ 
tions in the courses of rivers, especially those of the Rawi and Biali; and these 
places happened to lie in the very tracks of these vast changes, which altered the 
whole face of the country, and places which before were in one do-abah were 
transferred to another. See note 272, page 293. 
