Muntakhab al-tawarikh 6: SULTAN MAUDUD IBN MAS'UD IBN MAHMUD,
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 6
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SULTAN MAUDUD IBN MAS'UD IBN MAHMUD,
6.1
Ascended the throne of Empire (after the murder of his [father]) in Bamian with the consent of the Wazirs and Amirs, and with the object of avenging his father purposed to march towards Margalah, but Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdus Samad opposed his projected expedition and brought him to Ghaznin, whence he proceeded with a large army to attack his uncle the blind Amir Muhammad. On arriving at Dipur he engaged in a severe battle with the Amir Muhammad and thus passed the whole day till nightfall when both fell back upon their positions. The next day Sultan Maudud induced the Amir Saiyyid Mansur who was one of the trusted (generals) of the Amir Muhammad to side with him, and engaging in battle took prisoners the Amir Muhammad and his son Ahmad and put them all to death. The Amir Maudud founded there a city which he murad. This victory was gained in the month Sha’ban of the year 432 H., or according to another account in the year 431 H. And in the year 431 H. being angry with Khwaja Ahmad ibn ’Abbas Samad he imprisoned him in Ghaznin where he died in prison, and in this same year he sent Abu Nasr Muhammad bin Ahmad towards Hindustan to fight with Nami ibn Muhammad, and Nami was killed in the course of that war. And in the year 434 H.
6.2
Artagin at the order of the Sultan proceeded with an army to Tabaristan against Da'ud, the Turkoman, and having lost in battle a large number of his men came to Balkh, and established the coinage and proclamation of sovereignty in the name of the Amir Maudud. Afterwards when the Turkomans attacked him several times in force, not being able to contend with them, he quitted Balkh and came to Ghaznin. Then in the year 435 H. Amir Maudud imprisoned Abu ’Ali the Kotwal of Ghaznin for a time, but eventually appointed him as the Diwan of the kingdom and Kotwal of Ghaznin, and imprisoned Yasuri ibn Iyamghur the Diwan, till at length he died in confinement; he also punished Altigin; and in the year 436 H. Tahir who had succeeded Khwaja Ahmad as Wazir, died, and was succeeded by Khwaja Imam Abul Fath ’Abdur Razzak. In this same year he sent Tughral Hajib in the direction of Bust, who took prisoner Abu Mansur Zangi, the brother of Abul Fazl and brought him to Ghaznin; he then departed for Seistan and having 52. engaged in conflict with the Turkomans at the Ribat Amir, put most of them to death after which victory he went to Garm Sir, where he put to death the Turkomans of that district who were known as Red-caps and took many of them prisoner, and brought them to Ghaznin.
6.3
In the year 438 H., he sent Tughral to Takinabad who on arrival there revolted. Accordingly Ali bin Rabi‘ was nominated to proceed thither and Tughral fled with a few followers. Ali plundered his army, and having captured some of them brought them to Ghaznin. In the year 439 H. the Amir Qazdar raised a rebellion and suffered defeat at the hands of Hajib Buzurg Bartagin and after a time tendered his submission.
6.4
And in the year 440 H. having conferred upon his two sons Abul Qasim Mahmud and Mansur on the same day robes of honour and the drum and ensigns of commission sent one of them towards Lahore and the other towards Parshur and he sent Abu Ali Hasan Kotwal of Ghaznin to Hindustan to punish the rebels there, and when Hasan returned to Ghaznin after having done good service Maudud made him over to Mirak ibn Hasan with orders to imprison him. He died in prison. As a sequel to this, Mirak ibn Hasan the Vakil who had murdered Abu ‘Ali Hasan without the orders of Amir Maudud and had kept it secret, incited the King to proceed to Kabul so that that of his might remain concealed. When the Amir Maudud reached the fortress of Sialkot, he was attacked with colic and was forced to return to Ghaznin, and ordered Mirak to release Abu Ali Kotwal. He accordingly prayed for a week's respite, and in the interim Amir Maudud departed this life on the 24th of Rajab A.H. 441, having reigned nearly nine years. The Lubbu-t-Tawarikh states that Sultan Maudud asked in marriage the daughter of Chughri Beg Saljuqi, by whom he had a son whom he named Mas'ud, that he reigned seven years, and that in the month of Rajab 441 he attempted to go to Khorasan to visit Chughri Beg, but died on the journey of colic.