Nuh sipihr 2.7

2.7

The rái then ascended the rampart of the fort of Arangal, and turning his face towards the royal pavilion, he bowed to the earth. "Thus did he for three days, out of respect to the pale of religion; he turned towards the pavilion, and kissed the earth. He then again, tremblingly, addressed the commander in these words: 'I hold from the late Sultan several emblems of military pomp and dignity. What order is there respecting them? shall I continue to use them, or return them to you?' The Khan replied, 'As these were bestowed on you by the late Sultan, why should the reigning one wish to take them back from you? But it is right to pay due respect to his majesty, by sending the canopy (durbásh) and standard to the royal pavilion, in order that the former may be replaced by a new one, as the beams of the former sun no longer shine.'" The rái accordingly returned the insignia, which were lowered before the empty pavilion of the king, and were then returned to the rái, with the standard unfurled, and a new canopy. Khusrú Khan, after this ceremony, returned in triumph to the king, by whom he had been summoned in haste. But before his arrival, Mubarak Sháh had departed from Deogír, towards Dehlí, in the month of Jumada-l ákhir, 718 H. (August 5th, 1318 A.D.).