The Rashīdī History 123.8

123.8

Having thus threaded many pearls of good counsel upon the string of wisdom, and hung them on the attentive ear of my understanding, my father departed to go and wait on Shahi Beg Khan, who was at that time besieging Kalat. To all outward appearance he received my father with friendship, and then allowed him to proceed to Herat. When he reached Herat, a person was sent after him [to put him to death]. Sultan Mahmud Khan and his children were killed on the river of Khojand. My father was buried in the mausoleum of Amir Sayyid Husaini, while Sultan Mahmud was placed in the mausoleum of Shaikh Muslih-ud-Din, Khojandi. This happened in the year 914. For the Khan, the chronogram Lah-i-darya-i-Khojand [the banks of the river of Khojand] was discovered. [Here follow some blessings upon the martyrs . . . .]