The Nāṣirī Generations 119.3

119.3

Altun-Tash, Khwarazm Shah, presented himself at the court of his sovereign, Sultan Mas’ud, in 422 H., and died from the effects of a wound received in battle in 424 H. His son Harun, who succeeded, became disaffected towards Sultan Mas’ud, in 425 H., assumed independence, and intrigued with the Turkmans and Saljuks. This fact our author alludes to at pages 120 and 121, but says nothing further. Harun was killed in 426 H., and was succeeded by his brother, Isma’il, who held Khwarazm for a short time; but he was soon after ousted by Shah Malik, a neighbouring chief, upon whom Sultan Mas’ud conferred it, provided he could drive out Isma’il. Isma’il, accordingly, having been driven out, took shelter with the Saljuks in Khurasan. In 434 H., Sultan Tughril annexed Khwarazm to his dominions; and but little is said about it afterwards until 475 when Malik Shah, Saljuki, conferred the Intendancy of Khwarazm upon the slave, Nush-Tigin-i-Gharjah, the father of Kutb-ud-Din, Muhammad, the first ruler of the dynasty mentioned by our author. Balka-Tigin [Guzidah and Jahan-Ara style him Malka-Tigin, but it is an error], one of the slaves and grandees of the court of Malik Shah, who held the office of Tasht-dar, or Purveyor, purchased Nush-Tigin, much in the same manner as Alb-Tigin, the slave of the Samanis, purchased Sabuk-Tigin. man, in the year 622 H. to the aid of the sons of the Maliks of Nimroz, and arrived in that country, and the territories of Nimroz were left in his possession.