Muntakhab al-tawarikh 29.1

29.1

Who had the title of Ulugh Khan, by the consent of the Maliks and Amirs adorned the throne by his accession in the Qasr-i-Safed. (the White Palace) in the year 664 H. He was one of the “Forty Slaves” of Sultan Shamsu-d-Din, each one of whom had attained to the dignity of Amir. display emotion, and weep much, while as regards his treatment of sedition and revolt he used to show himself a merciless repressor. He laid claim to the glory of an Emperor, because of this That he adorned the world with wisdom and equity. In days of retirement he would wear a blanket; And he strove in prayer and supplication His eyes fixed upon the ground, his heart boiling like a cauldron; A heart eloquent of speech, but a silent tongue; Till his heart perceived with the eye of secret knowledge All that was visible of these intricate matters. In this same year of his reign Tātār Khān the son of Arsalān Khān sent from Lakhnautī sixty-three elephants as a present; and in this year the Sultān proceeding to Patiālī and Kanpīl, built the forts of Patiālī, Kanpīl, Bhojpūr, and certain other forts, and with five thousand cavalry crossed the Ganges on the pretext of making preparation for an expedition to the Jūd hills.