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1. ↑"The great-great-great-grandfather of Nāser al-Molk claimed that he was the descendant of Alexander the Great, and his grandfather claimed to be a descendent of Kamāl Shams al-Din of Multan. Nāser al-Molk’s father’s genealogy is linked with Bābor, while Nāser al-Molk himself traced his descent back to Faridun Hoseyn of Herat." (Rahman 2011, p.222)
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed2. ↑"We have found that the Mughal sources are silent about the Timurid origin of the royal families of Chitral and Yasin, and that there is no evidence of their migration from Herat or from the regions held by the Mughals. The colonial sources, mostly based on oral reports from the Mehtars, also provide problematic genealogies. One of the earliest local sources, Mirzā Mohammad Siar’s _Shāhnāma_, has nothing to say on the topic. Other local historical sources, such as Ghofrān’s _Mokhtasar_ and _Tārikh-e Chetrār_ (Persian) and Mirzā Gholām Mortazā’s _Nai tārikh-e Chetrāl_, which fabricate a Timurid origin of the royal families of Chitral and Yasin and marriage ties with Raisa, provide contrasting details. Christopher Buyers, who in collaboration with members of the former royal family of Chitral developed a web site on the pedigree of the royal family of Chitral, also maintains that there
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed3. ↑"The geographical, traditional, oral and historical evidence proves that the Katur and Khushwakht families of Chitral and Yasin and the Katur or Katir tribe have the same origin." (Rahman 2011, p.229)
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