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3. Tahir, son of Muhammad, son of ’Amru, from 287 H. to 293 H. 
4. Lais, son of ’All, brother of Nos. 1 and 2, from 293 H. to 298 H., 
some say to 299 H. 
5. Mu’addil, brother of the preceding, from 298 H. to 300 H. 
6. ’Amru, son of Ya’kub, son of Muhammad, son of ’Amru, No. 2, 
from 300 H. up to the time he had to surrender his territory to the 
Samanis. 
7. Ahmad, by some said to have been the grandson of Tahir, No. 3, 
but others, that he was the son of Muhammad, son of Khalaf. son of 
Abu Jafar, son of Lais, apparently No. 4, from 309 H. to about 331 H. 
8. KIialaf. son of Ahmad, from about 331 H. to 398 H., who was 
dethroned by Sultan Mahmud of Ghaznin in that year ; and for a long 
time Sijistan formed a portion of the Ghaznawi empire. At length, with 
the support of the Sultans, Alb-Arsalan, and Malik Shah, between the 
years 465 H. and 470 H., or thereabouts ; for there is no record of the 
exact date, 
9. Tahir, son of Muhammad, son of Tahir, son of Khalaf (No. 8), 
obtained the government of his native country, and ruled to 480 H. 
10. Malik Taj-ud-Din, Abu-l-Fath, son of Tahir, according to 
some (but Abu-l-Fazl-i Nasr, son of Tahir, according to others), who was 
subject to Sultan Sanjar succeeded, and ruled to 559 H., having reigned 
just eighty years, and was above a hundred when he died. 
11. Malik-us-Sais (the Torturer or Cruel), Shams-ud-DIn Mu¬ 
hammad, son of Taj-ud-Din, from 559 H. The length of his reign is 
uncertain, but is said to have extended over a considerable time ; and, 
at length he was put to death through his tyranny. 
12. Malik-us-Sa’id, Taj-ud-Din-i-Harab, son of Muhammad, who, 
by some, is styled Taj-ud-Din, Hasan, son of ’Izz-ul-Muluk and Tij-ud- 
Din-i-Ilarab, son of ’Izz-ul-Mulk, by others, w T ho must have been the 
brother of No. 11, as No. 12 is called his nephew. He died at the age of 
one hundred and twenty in 612 H., after a reign of sixty (fifty ?) years. 
He was the vassal of the Sultan of Ghur. 
13. Malik Nasir-ud-Din, ’Usman-i-Harab, son of the preceding, 
but, as he only acted as his father’s representative, on account of the 
latter’s great age and total blindness, other chroniclers than Minhaj-ud- 
Din do not mention him as a separate ruler. 
14. Malik-ul-GKazi, Yamin-ud-Daulah wa ud-Din, Bahram Shah 
son of Taj-ud-Din, brother of the preceding. He was a vassal of the 
Khwarazm Shah, and the most illustrious of the later rulers of Sijistan. 
He reigned from 612 H. to 618 H., when he was assassinated by the 
Mulahidahs of the Kuhistan. 
15. Malik Nusrat-ud-Din [Muhammad P], son of the preceding 
