The Nāṣirī Generations 105: SECTION XV. · THE KURDIAH MALIKS OF SHAM.

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Minhaj-i-Saraj, Jurjani, the humblest of the servants of the threshold of the Most High, begs to mention, that, as an account of the Maliks of the East and West, both infidel and of the true faith, has been detailed and recorded, to the best of his ability and power, and a small portion, in a condensed form, has also been related from the annals of the Maliks of 'Ajam and the East, this work has been embellished [!] with a description of the Maliks of Sham, Misr, Hijaz, and Yaman, who were Sultans in Islam, and Maliks and warriors of the true faith, of great renown, and who, subsequent to the Sanjari and Saljuki dynasties, held sway over those countries. He has done so in order that the readers of this Tabakat, when these pages come under their observation, may remember the author with a pious benediction, and the Sultan of the Musalmans with a prayer for the stability and permanency of his sovereignty and dominion, and the increase of his conscientiousness and beneficence.