The Rashīdī History 90.5

90.5

The two brothers, Sultán Mahmud Khán and Sultán Ahmad Khán, went to Moghulistán, where Sultán Ahmad Khán died, as shall be presently related. Sultan Mahmud Khán reached Moghulistan and for some time underwent many hardships there. Finally he presented himself before Shahi Beg Khán, counting on the favour he had once shown him. But Shahi Beg Khán said to Sultán Mahmud Khán: "Once I was kind to you, but a second act of mercy would be the cause of the ruin of my kingdom." He then put to death the Khán and his children, both great and small, on the banks of the river of Khojand. The chronogram "Lah-i-daryá-i-Khojand" gives the date of the event—914 [1508-9]. The particulars will be given in Part II. of this History. The matter is mentioned briefly here to save repetition.