Muntakhab al-tawarikh 6.1

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.