In Irák, after the death of Sultán Yakub, son of Uzun Hasan,
the Sultáns (his sons) by reason of their youth, were unable to
direct the affairs of the State, and Sháh Ismáil (who had made his
violence felt in the world) taking advantage of the situation,
invaded the. country, entirely exterminated the rest of those
Sultáns, and upset all the affairs of the state and of religion.
In the Dasht-i-Kipehák and the Ulus of Juji Khán, Baranduk
Khán? was in power, and all the Juji Sultáns were subservient to
him. They have sought to rival the rain-drops in their numbers.
! 'That is in 905 n. — 1499-1500 A.».
? See, for these names, the Genealogical 'Table of the house of Timur attached
to this volume.
3 Compare the genealogical table of Uzbeg Khans in Stokvis, i., p. 158.
* Otherwise known as Abul Gházi Hussain, or Sultan Hussain Baikará. He
was great-grandson of Timur's son, Umar Shaikh. (S. L. Poole, p. 268; or
Stokvis, i., p. 150.)

5 Of the line of Ak- Koinlu, or White Sheep 'Turkomans. (See S. L. Poole,
pp. 254-5 ; or Stokvis, i., p. 119.)

5 Son of Karai Khan, son of Barák, etc. of the White Horde. (Comp.
Howorth, ii, p. 685; and Stokvis, 1, pp. 158 and 163.)


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What took place between them and the Moghuls will be herein-
after related.
In Shásh, which is better known as Táshkand, Sultán Mahmud:
Khán held sway. | dte

I must now turn to the story of Yunus Khán, without which
the thread of my history would not be connected.
CHAPTER 1I.
REIGN OF YUNUS KHÁN ; ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND LIST OF HIS
OFFSPRING.
