This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ."M: kh(iuJi-i-it;am had four wives. The first was called Karsan Sayyid, who had four sons and one daughter.

The first son was Ishiin-i-Kalin, the second was Khwaja Post, the third Khwaja Bahan-d-Din and fourth Khwaja Xbdn-l-Khaliq. 1 ut Khwaja l)ot was made chief of the Khalifa; and his august father gave Kahau-dDin permission to follow his guidance. He also gave sinilar sanction to Abdu-IKhaliq and his brother Ishan-i-Kalan. Another wife was the daughter or the I'udshah of Karsan, and was called Malika-i-Kareiini. She had two Poms and twodaagbten: one of them was Khwaja Muhammad and another Sultan Ibrahim. He (Mnjjh'lum) had another wife named Bibica-i-Kashghari, who was a descendant of Sulfan Satuk Bughri'Khan Ghazi. That illustrious child, Ishaq Wall, was born of her." (Karsan is said now-a-dajs to be a village some' ten /arsoM from Bukhara on the road to Karshi.

) This is explained by Muhammad Sadiq thus: --" Beit known that while Ishaq Wa'i had not received clear permission and direction from Makhdum-i-Azam, his father (to-exercise religious functions), Manlaua Lnfcfu-llah, who was Makhdum-i/tjjnm's nephew, had attained to this permission and direction from the Makhdum. The latter had conferred them at the time of his death, when Ishaq Wail was studying at Bukhara The grace which had been confided to him, in trust, nt the prompting of the Holy Prophet, he delivered over to Ishao, Wall, saying to his friends: 'whatsoever was lift to me by my teacher, MakVlum-i-Azam, that I have given to Khwaja IshSq Wall; now do you demand I instruction) from him.' l ut the faithful disciples of Ishan-i-Kalan place their trust on this that the succession passed from Makhdumi-Xr, am to Muhammad Islam, and from him to Muhammad Amir and from.