XVIII., p. 98. "Camadi. - Reobarles. - In this plain there are a number of
villages and towns which have lofty walls of mud, made as a defence
against the banditti, who are very numerous, and are called CARAONAS. This
name is given them because they are the sons of Indian mothers by Tartar
fathers."
Mirza Haidar writes (Tarikh-i-Rashidi, p. 148): "The learned Mirza Ulugh
Beg has written a history which he has called Ulus Arbaa. One of the
'four hordes' is that of the Moghul, who are divided into two branches,
the Moghul and the Chaghatai. But these two branches, on account of their
mutual enmity, used to call each other by a special name, by way of
depreciation. Thus the Chaghatai called the Moghul Jatah, while the
Moghul called the Chaghatai Karawanas."
Cf. Ney ELIAS, l.c., pp. 76-77, and App. B, pp. 491-2, containing an
inquiry made in Khorasan by Mr. Maula Bakhsh, Attache at the Meshed
Consulate General, of the families of Karnas, he has heard or seen; he
says: "These people speak Turki now, and are considered part of the Goklan
Turkomans. They, however, say they are Chingiz-Khani Moghuls, and are no
doubt the descendants of the same Karnas, or Karavanas, who took such a
prominent part in the victories in Persia.
"The word Karnas, I was told by a learned Goklan Mullah, means Tirandaz,
or Shikari (i.e. Archer or Hunter), and was applied to this tribe of
Moghuls on account of their professional skill in shooting, which
apparently secured them an important place in the army.
