Works
Completed ca. 951-3/1545-7.
Tārīḫ-i Rashīdī is named after ʾAbd al-Rašīd whose succession to Sa’id Ḫān caused Mīrzā Ḥaydar to go over to the Tīmūrids in 939/1533. Tārīḫ-i Rashīdī consists of two parts: a history of the Ḫān’s of Mughalistan; and memoirs from the author’s life including his acquaintances with princes of other tribes. In addition to the historical narrative, Tārīḫ-i Rashīdī includes geographical sections that were treated as an “authority by the later geographers and historians who have discussed Chinese Turkestan and the events of the 10th/16th century”.