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Taj al-maʾathir 27: Revolt of the Turks in the City of Dehli.

Táju-l Ma-ásir (extracts) 27

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"Sirjandar Turki, who was the leader of all sedition, and who opened his hand to shed the blood of Musulmans, with an army of bloodthirsty Turks broke out into open rebellion. Although the Sultan was frequently requested to repress their violence, he "refrained for several days" from doing so. At last, he determined to oppose them with a large army, headed "by the chiefs of the time, such as 'Izzu-d din Bakhtiyar, Nasiru-d din Mardan Shah, Hazabbaru-d din Ahmad Sur, and Iftikharu-d din Muhammad 'Umar, all valiant warriors." "This army, assaulting like fire and moving like the wind, was drawn out in battle array like a hill of iron, near the Bagh-i Jun (the Jamna Garden)." — Hyperboles on battle, arms, and slaughter.
Aksankar Kitta and Taju-d din Farrukh Shah were slain in battle, but Sirjandar Turki "threw himself into the waters of the Jun, took to flight like a fox in fear of a lion, and departed by the way of river and hill like a crocodile and a leopard, and, starting and trembling, concealed himself in the jungles and forests, like a sword in a scabbard, or a pen in a writing-box," and all their followers were either killed or dispersed.