The Nāṣirī Generations 110.11

110.11

The Islamis having become victorious and triumphant, Sultan Salah-ud-Din directed every one to devise [means] for the disposal of the Farang captives. At last the Sultan determined to set the whole of them at liberty, and they were set free accordingly; and he made them signify their repentance, and conferred gifts upon them. After they had departed to the distance of a day’s journey, they sent a representation to the Sultan, saying:—“We are all your servants, set at liberty by you: send to each of us a ring that we may insert it in our ears, and then we will depart.” The Sultan commanded that a sufficient number of rings should be prepared, of pure gold, sufficient to supply every one of them with one of the weight of one miskal; and they were sent to them, and the whole of the liberated captives inserted the rings in their ears, and they went away; and of that host not one person ever again came to fight against the Sultan’s troops. Sultan Salah-ud-Din became firmly established, and his illustrious deeds in Islam will endure. He reigned for a very long period, and died. He had six sons, whose titles were as follows:—Malik-uz-Zahir, Malik-ul-Afzal, Malik-ul-’Aziz, Malik-ul-Muhsin, Malik-ul-Mushtammir and Malik-us-Salih.