Sulān Tīmūr is he to whom no king was like;
In 736, he came into existence;
In 771, he ascended the throne,
In 807, he bade the world adieu.
This auspicious Lord of Conjunction had four sons. (1) Ghiyāu-d-dīn Jahāngīr Mīrzā. He died in Samarqand in 776* (1375) in the early part of his father's reign. He left two sons, Muḥammad Sulān whom Tīmūr made his heir but who died after the conquest of Asia Minor (Rūm) on 17 Sha‘bān, 805, at Sūrī* a fort of Rūm; and Pīr Muḥammad who was made his heir after his brother's death and in whose favour his Majesty Ṣāḥib Qarānī made a will at the end of his life. At that time he (Pīr Muḥammad) was ruler of Ghaznīn and the borders of India. But he was martyred on 14 Ramaẓān, 809 (22nd February, 1407), by Pīr ‘Alī Tāz,* one of his officers and thus the stain of an eternal curse was affixed to the brow of that disloyal one.
The second son of his Majesty Ṣāḥib Qarānī is Mīrzā ‘Umar Shaikh who ruled over Persia. He too died in his father's life-time in Rabī‘u-l-awwal, 796 (January, 1394), below the fortress of Kharmātū.*
The third son was Jalālu-d-dīn Mīrān Shāh Mīrzā of whom a short account will be given as he belongs to this noble series.
The fourth son was Mīrzā Shāhrukh who governed Khurāsān and who attended his father's stirrup in many battles. Shortly after his father's death, he became confirmed in sovereignty; and Īrān, Tūrān and such other countries as had been under his father's control, were under his successful sway for 43 years. He was born on Thursday 14th Rabī‘u-l-ākhar, 779 (21st August, 1377), and died on New Year's Day (Pers. Era) Sunday morning, 25th Ẕī-l-ḥijja, 850 (13th March, 1447).
Jalālu-d-dīn Mīrān Shāh is the sixth ancestor of the king of kings. His noble birth was in 769 and in his father's lifetime he governed the Arabian* and Persian ‘Irāqs, Āẕarbāījān, Diyārbakr (Mesopotamia) and Syria.
When his Majesty Ṣāḥib Qarānī marched against India, all these countries* were placed under his (Jalālu-d-dīn's) management so that not for a moment, was there intermission of justice and sovereignty.
One day while hunting roebuck,* his horse shied (or perhaps took fright) in galloping and he was thrown from the point of the saddle to the ground and sustained grave injuries to his head and face.* Able physicians and surgeons applied remedies and restored him to physical health but his mind remained clouded (lit. a mist encircled the centre of his mind's equability) from the accident. After Tīmūr's death, Mīrān Shāh's eldest son Abābakr Mīrzā read the khuba and struck coins in his father's name. His Highness the Prince (Mīrān Shāh) lived principally in Tabrīz* and all affairs of sovereignty were carried on by Mīrzā Abābakr. On 24th Ẕī-l-qa‘da, 810 (21st April, 1408), he was killed* in a battle with Qarā Yūsuf Turkmān in the environs of Tabrīz. He had eight sons,* Abābakr, Alankar Mīrzā, ‘Umān Calbī Mīrzā, ‘Umar Khalīl, Sulān Muḥammad Mīrzā, Ījil Mīrzā, Siyūrghtamish.
Sulān Muḥammad Mīrzā is the dominion* -holding son of Mīrān Shāh. His noble mother was Mihr Nūsh* and of the tribe of Fūlād Qīyā. The Mīrzā always lived with his brother Mīrzā Khalīl in Samarqand and when the latter proceeded to ‘Irāq, Mīrzā Shāhrukh told Mīrzā Ulugh Bēg (his son) what he knew of Muḥammad Mīrzā's good qualities and praised his noble character; and the Prince (Ulugh Bēg) always shewed him brotherly (i.e., cousinly) kindness. Muḥammad Mīrzā had two sons, Sulān Abū Sa‘īd Mīrzā and Manūcihr Mīrzā. When he was ill and about to die, Mīrzā Ulugh Bēg came to inquire after him and the latter strongly recommended his son Abū Sa‘īd to Mīrzā Ulugh Bēg. Accordingly Abū Sa‘īd was brought up with all enjoyment under the care of Ulugh Bēg and daily moved upwards on the steps of dominion and fortune under his guidance. One day,* one of Ulugh Bēg's intimates observed to him “Your cousin (Abū Sa‘īd) is serving you very zealously,” to which the Mīrzā replied, “He is not serving us but is learning the arts of conquest and victory from our companionship.” And in this the Mīrzā was speaking from his perfect insight and perception.
Sulān Abū Sa‘īd Mīrzā's auspicious birth was in 830 (1427) and he became Sulān when he was 25. For 18 years he ruled Turkistān, Transoxiana, Badakhshān, Kābul, Ghaznīn, Qandahār and the borders of Hindūstān and in the end of his reign, ‘Irāq too came into his possession. And with this prosperity and extent of territory which might become a thousand-fold source of intoxication, he was discreet and open-minded and sought for enlightenment from dervishes and ascetics. In 872 (1468) Mīrzā Jahān Shāh, son of Qarā Yūsuf, the ruler of Āẕarbāījān, had marched to put down Āẕūn Ḥasan Āq-quyanlu* but owing to his great carelessness and complete want of management, was killed by him.* The Sulān (Abū Sa‘īd) led an army against him (Āẕūn Ḥasan). Though Āẕūn Ḥasan proferred peace, it was not accepted and being driven to extremity, he cut off the supplies of corn. Consequently a great famine arose in the camp (of Abū Sa‘īd) so that for 14 days the royal horses had no barley and as a result of the famine, the soldiers dispersed. Āẕūn Ḥasan gained the victory and on 22 Rajab, 873 (4th February, 1469), the Sulān fell by fate into the hands of Āẕūn Ḥasan's men. Three days afterwards he was made over to Yādgār Muḥammad Mīrzā, son of Sulān Muḥammad Mīrzā, son of Bāysanghar Mīrzā, son of Shāhrukh Mīrzā who was an ally of Āẕūn Ḥasan. This worthless inauspicious one slew that powerful king on the pretext* of the murder of Gauhar Shād Bēgum who was the wife of Shāhrukh Mīrzā. The words Maqtal-i-Sulān Abū Sa‘īd (the slaughter-spot of Sulān Abū Sa‘īd) give the date (873=1469).
‘Umar Shaikh Mīrzā was the fourth* son of Abū Sa‘īd Mīrzā, being younger than Sulān Aḥmad Mīrzā, Sulān Muḥammad and Sulṭān Maḥmūd Mīrzā and older than Sulān Murād Mīrzā, Sulān Walad Mīrzā, Ulugh Bēg Mīrzā, Abū Bakr Mīrzā, Sulān Khalīl Mīrzā and Shāhrukh Mīrzā. He was born in Samarqand in 860 (1455). Sulān Abū Sa‘īd Mīrzā at first gave Kābul to the Prince and sent him off under the guardianship of Bābā Kābulī, but he recalled him from Dara-gaz* for the purpose of a festival.*
After it was over, he gave him the country of Andijān and the Takhtī-Ōzjand* and after providing him with officers, sent him to that country under the guardianship* of Tīmūr Tāsh* Bēg. The reason for giving this country to the best of his sons was an exceeding desire to preserve his ancestral territory and as his Majesty Sāḥib Qarānī gave it to his son ‘Umar Shaikh Mīrzā who was of singular ability, so did Abū Sa‘īd on account of the sameness of name, gave it to his son ‘Umar Shaikh. Sāḥīb Qarānī is reported to have repeatedly remarked, “We conquered the world by the might of ‘Umar Shaikh Mīrzā's sword, by his staying in Andijān and being a strong barrier between our territory and the desert of Qipcāk and by his guarding the passes, the people of Qipcāk were not able to rebel or be turbulent and we could in security brace ourselves up for the conquest of the world.”