Muntakhab al-tawarikh 4.2.10

4.2.10

Amir Ayaz joined Amir Mas'ud at Nishapur, and four months later Amir Muhammad moved his camp in the direction of Bust and came out in full force from Ghaznin with the intention of fighting with his brother, and when he reached Takinabad all his Amirs having revolted against him, put out his eyes and threw him into the fort of Kajj in Garmsir and having run over to Amir Mas'ud with the whole army and treasures, went to Herat and met him there. The blinded Amir Muhammad reigned five months, but according to Qazi Baizawi it was fourteen years, and the period of his imprisonment was nine years. God knows the truth. The author of the Lubbu-t-Tawarikh writes that Muhammad ibn Mahmud wielded sovereignty in Ghaznin for four years in the first instance, during the reign of his father, afterwards he was imprisoned for nine years by the command of his brother Mas'ud, and after the murder of Mas'ud he reigned for another year and then died. An Amir in whose palace thou seest Thousands of sentinels Now on the vault of his tomb thou seest Ravens keeping watch ; Thou didst see the head of Alp Arslan reach the sky in its grandeur, Come to Marv that thou mayest see the body of Alp Arslan beneath the dust.