The colophon of the Persian Zīj-i Jāmi` mentions his name, so he has traditionally been taken as the author/compiler of this collection of astronomical tables. He has been identified with the ruler of Malwah, a state in central India, from 1435 to 1469, making him, like Ulugh Beg both prince and mathematician.  R. Ramsey Wright has suggested, however, that the treatise was not written by the prince himself, but rather was dedicated to him by the still-anonymous author. A chronicle of the events of his reign is in the Bodleian Library (Persian Manuscript Catalog, number 270) [BEA, DeYoung]