histories. As mere records of events and dates, therefore, the Chinese accounts are likely to be the best guides; and I should be inclined to substitute their data, regarding this period, for those of Mirza Haidar. I have, however, shown both in amending Mr. Erskine's epitome, as will be seen (at p. 46). A full extract from Dr. Bretschneider's translation of the Chinese history is also appended immediately below.
The three lists just spoken of, stand as follows:—
| (A.)—The Rauzat us Safá[1] and the Zafar-Náma.[2] | ||
| (1.) | Khizir Khwája | died 1399 |
| (2.) | Muhammad Khán | No date |
| (3.) | Nakhsh-i-Jahán | No date„ |
| (4.) | Vais Khán | No date„ |
| (B.)—The Chinese Annals of the Ming dynasty.[3] | ||
| (1.) | Khizir Khwája | died 1399 |
| (2.) | Shama-i-Jahán | died„ 1408 |
| (3.) | Muhammad Khán | died„ 1416 |
| (4.) | Nakhsh-i-Jahán | died„ 1418 |
| (5.) | Vais Khán | died„ 1428 |
| (C.)—The Tarikh-i-Rashidi. | ||
| (1.) | Khizir Khwája | died 1420 |
| (2.) | Shama-i-Jahán | No date |
| (3.) | Nakhsh-i-Jahán | No date„ |
| (4.) | Muhammad Khán | No date„ |
| (5.) | Shir Muhammad | No date„ |
| (6.) | Vais Khn | died 1428–9 |
Of the two dates furnished by the Tarikh-i-Rashidi, the one indicating the year of Khizir Khwája's death is certainly incorrect, for there is evidence to show, in addition to the concurrence of the authorities named above, that this Khan did not reign up to the year 1420. The portion of the Matlaʾ Asaadin, of Abdur Razzk, translated by Quatremère,[4] though it contains no list of these Khans, makes mention of ambassadors having been sent to Shah Rukh, of Mávará-un-Nahr, in
