Fakhru-d dín Sálárí was governor of Sadúsán on the part of Kubácha, and Láchín of Khitá, who was in command of the army, went out against Amír Khán,* the leader of the Sultán's advance guard. Láchín was slain in the action, and Uzbek Khán invested the city of Sadúsán. When the Sultán himself arrived, Fakhru-d dín Sálári presented himself before him in an humble posture, with his sword (round his neck), and clothed in a shroud.* The Sultán entered the city, and after staying there for one month, he conferred an honorary dress upon Fakhru-d dín Sálárí, and restored to him the governorship of Sadúsán.
The Sultán then went towards Dewal and Darbela, and Jaisí;*
the ruler of that country, fled away on a ship, and went in the
direction of the sea. The Sultán remained near Dewal and
Damríla, and sent Khás Khán with an army to pillage Nahr-
The Sultán raised a jámi' masjid at Dewal, on the spot where an idol temple stood. While he was engaged in these operations, intelligence was received from 'Irák, that Sultán Ghiyásu-d dín had established himself in that province, and that most of the troops who were quartered there were attached to the interests of Sultán Jalálu-d dín, and were anxiously expecting his return. It was also represented, that Burák Hájib was in Kirmán, and had fortified himself in the city of Bardasír. It was also given out that the Mughal army was still in pursuit of the Sultán. He accordingly departed from Dewal and Damríla, and went by way of Makrán, but the climate was so very insalubrious that he lost the greater part of his army.*
When Burák Hájib heard of the approach of the Sultán, he sent him many presents, with the expression of his hearty congratulations, and, on the Sultan's arrival, Burák Hájib solicited that he would accept his daughter in marriage. The Sultán acceded to the request, and the marriage was celebrated. The Kotwál also came forth, and presented the keys of his fort, upon which the Sultán entered it, and remained during the night.
After the lapse of a week, Sultán Jalálu-d dín arrived at Ghazna, where he was joined by many bodies of his adherents, and assumed the pomp and circumstance of a monarch. When Yamín Malik heard, in Hindustán, of the Sultán's arrival at Ghazna, he hastened to meet him. Aghrák Malik, also, with an army of Khiljís and Turkománs, came from Pesháwar to do him homage, and A'zam Malik* brought a large force of Ghorians to serve under him. In all the troops now at his disposal amounted to twenty thousand cavalry.
The Sultán went with these large reinforcements to Parwán, on the borders of Bámíán, where many roads converge. There he received intelligence that a body of ten or twelve thousand Mughal cavalry had gone in pursuit of him to Ghazna, where, as there was no army to oppose them, they had entered the city before the inhabitants had received intelligence of their approach, had burned several mosques, massacred all the people they found in the lanes and streets, and then continued their pursuit after the Sultán to Parwán, by way of Kaláwaz, staying at Ghazna only one day.*
In the action which ensued the Sultán was victorious, and the
defeated Mughals returned to Changíz Khán in Tálikán; but
after the victory strife arose in the Sultán's army, between
the Khiljís, Turkománs, and Ghorians on one side, and the
Khwárizmians on the other, respecting the division of the
horses which had been taken as booty. Aghrák Malik and A'zam
Malik went off by way of Pesháwar, with all the Khiljís, Tur-
Aghrák Malik turned his face towards Pesháwar, at the
head of twenty thousand men, and Koh Jándár cantoned himself
at Nangnehár.*
When Saifu-d dín Malik had encamped
only one march distant from Nangnehár, he sent a messenger to
A'zam Malik to say:—“Between us and you there exist the relations
of father and son. I am father and you are son. If you
desire to gratify me, do not allow Koh Jándár to remain in your
territory, nor bestow upon him any tract of land.” A'zam
Malik said:—“In this matter it is not expedient that there
should be any misunderstanding or wrangling between Musul-
When the news of this event reached the camp of Aghrák Malik, his troops suspected that he had been the victim of a plot between Koh and A'zam Malik. In consequence of which, they seized A'zam Malik and slew him. They then attacked the camp of Koh, and killed him and his sons. Many were slain on both sides, and even the women took part in the fray, and lost their lives.
About this time Pakchak and 'Aláu-l mulk Sadr were despatched by order of Changíz Khán to punish these drunkards. Pakchak was the commandant of these Mughals, and 'Aláu-l mulk of the infantry, and the residue of those armies of Khiljís, Turkománs, and Ghorians were all put to the sword and dispersed, within two or three months after they had deserted Sultán Jalálu-d dín, either in squabbles amongst themselves, or by the armies of Changíz Khán, so that not a vestige of them remained.
Burák Hájib having had some dispute with Táju-d dín
Karímu-s shark, marched away with his army towards Hin-