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as the coins reveal altogether a new mint, that of Nimroz.” Mr. Rodgers 
then gives the names of eight kings, which a friend brought to his notice 
from a work entitled “ Tarikh-i-Jadwalia.” The names are as follows : — 
(1.) Taj-ud-Din Abul Eazl, son of Tahir. 
(2.) Shams-ud-Din Muhammad. 
(3.) Taj-ud-Din Harb, son of Azzul Mulk 
(4.) Bahrain Shah, Yamin-ud-Din. 
(5.) Nusrat-ud-Din (6.) Rukn-ud-Din. 
(7.) Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad, son of Taj-ud-Din Harb. 
(8.) Taj-ud-Din. M 
He adds that he was unable to say anything of the last three until this 
mention of them was brought to his notice by his friend ; then that 
Minliaj-i-Siraj “ who uses very strong language indeed about the 
Mughals,” wrote a Tabqa on the Princes of Nimroz. But unfortunately 
“ this Tabqa is not in the abridgement published by the Society to which 
alone I have access. As the Editor, Major Nassau Lees, says there are 
but two manuscripts of the works, I am afraid I shall stand but little 
chance of extending my knowledge.” If Mr. Rodgers will refer to the 
“ Tabakdt-i-Ndsiri } of Minhaj-ud-Din-i-Siraj, the whole of which and 
not “ an abridgement,” has been translated some years since, he 
will find that the kings referred to by him are well-known to his¬ 
tory, though their names are not all correctly given in the above list. 
In my “ Translation,” pp. 183 to 202, will be found not only the tabakah 
containing the account of the ten last kings or rulers of Nimroz or Sijis¬ 
tan, # but also of the preceding eight, and other information respecting 
this Sajfdriun Dynasty at pp. 19 to 25, and in several other places. I 
will here, however, give their names, years of their reigns, and the 
relationship between them, as the information may be of use to others. 
Lais, the head of the Saffar or workers in brass of Sijistan had four 
sons, Yakub, ’Amni, ’All, and Mu’addil. The first of them who rose to 
power was— 
1. Yakub, who reigned from 251 H. to 265 H. 
2. ’Amru, his brother, from 265 H. to 287 H. 
* Sijistan is the Arabic mode of writing Sigizstan, which is the Tajzik, or 
native mode, of writing the name. Sistan is used occasionally with reference to the 
country, and the “city of Sistan” with reference to its capital, but that does not 
mean that there was any city so called ; for Zarang was “ the chief city and capital 
of Sigizstan.” 
