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a jester and talkative, nicknamed Impudence, perhaps because the Mirza called him so. Fol- 29b-
Wali was another, the younger, full-brother of Khusrau Shah. He kept his retainers well. He it was brought about the blinding of SI. Mas'ud Mirza and the murder of Bai-sunghar Mirza. He had an ill-word for every-one and was an evil- tongued, foul-mouthed, self-pleasing and dull-witted mannikin. He approved of no-one but himself. When I went from the Qunduz country to near Dushi (910 AH.- 1503 AD.), separated Khusrau Shah from his following and dismissed him, this person (I.e., Wali) had come to Andar-ab and Sir-ab, also in fear of the Auzbegs. The Aimaqs of those parts beat and robbed him^ then, having let me know, came on to Kabul. Wali went to Shaibani Khan who had his head struck off in the town of Samarkand.
Shaikh 'Abdu'1-lah Barlas^ was another; he had to wife one of the daughters of Shah Sultan Muhammad (Badakhshl) i.e., the maternal aunt of Aba-bikr Mirza (Miran-shahi) and of SI. Mahmud Khan. He wore his tunic narrow and pur shaqq^ ; he was a kindly well-bred man.
Mahmud Barlas of the Barlases of Nundak (Badakhshan) was another. He had been a beg also of SI. Abu-sa'id Mirza and had surrendered Karman to him when the Mirza took the 'Iraq countries. When Aba-bikr Mirza (Miran-shahi) came Fol. 30. against Hisar with Mazid Beg Tarkhan and the Black Sheep Turkmans, and SI. Mahmud Mirza went off to his elder brother, SI. Ahmad Mirza in Samarkand, Mahmud Barlas did not surrender Hisar but held out manfully.^ He was a poet and put a diwan together.
(i. Historical narrative resumed).
When SI. Mahmud Mirza died, Khusrau Shah kept the event concealed and laid a long hand on the treasure. But
1 This passage is made more clear by f. 120b and f. 125b.
2 He is mentioned in 'Ali-sher Nawa'is Majalis-i-nafa'is ; see B.M. Add. 7875, f. 278 and Rieu's Turkish Catalogue.
3 ? full of splits or full handsome.
4 This may have occurred after Abu-sa'Id Mirza's death whose son Aba-bikr was. Cf. f. 28. If so, over-brevity has obscured the statement.
