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900 AH.— OCT. 2ND. 1494 to SEP. 21ST. 1495 AD. 49

She became the mother of five of his daughters and one of his sons. Pasha (or Pasha) Begim was another wife, a daughter of 'Ali-shukr Beg, a Turkman Beg of the Black Sheep Baharlu Aimaq.^ She had been the wife of Jahan-shah {Barani) of the Black Sheep Turkmans. After Auzun (Long) Hasan Beg of the White Sheep had taken Azar-baijan and 'Iraq from the sons of this Jahan-shah Mirza (872 AH.-1467 AD.), 'Ali-shukr Beg's sons went with four or five thousand heads-of-houses of the Black Sheep Turkmans to serve SI. Abu-sa'id Mirza and after the Mirza's defeat (873 AH. by Auzun Hasan), came down to these countries and took service with SI. Mahmud Mirza. This happened after SI. Mahmud Mirza came to Hisar from Samarkand, and then it was he took Pasha Begim. She became the mother of one of his sons and three of his daughters. Sultan-nigar Khanim was another of his ladies; her descent has been mentioned already in the account of the (Chaghatai) Khans. Fol. 28b.

He had many concubines and mistresses. His most honoured concubine (mu'atabar ghuma) was Zuhra Begi Agha ; she was taken in his father's life-time and became the mother of one son and one daughter. He had many mistresses and, as has been said, two of his daughters were by two of them.

h. His amirs.

Khusrau Shah was of the Turkistani Qipchaqs. He had been in the intimate service of the Tarkhan begs, indeed had been a catamite. Later on he became a retainer of Mazid Beg (Tarkhan) Arghun who favoured him in all things. He was favoured by SI. Mahmud Mirza on account of services done by him when, after the 'Iraq disaster, he joined the Mirza on his way to Khurasan. -He waxed very great in his latter days; his retainers, under SI. Mahmud Mirza, were a clear five or six thousand. Not only Badakhshan but the whole country from the Amu to the Hindu-kush Mountains depended on him and he devoured its whole revenue {darobast yir idi). His open table was good, so too his open hand; though he was a rough getter,2

1 For his family see f. 55b note to Yar-'ali Balal. 2 ba wujud turkluk muhkam paida kunanda idi.

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