The Nāṣirī Generations 124.2

124.2

Sultan Shah [consequently] left the territory of Ghur, and proceeded to Mawar-un-Nahr and Turkistan, and sought assistance from the Great Khan of Khita; and brought an army, and freed Khurasan from the oppressive grasp and possession of the Ghuzz chiefs, and their tyranny. He made Marw his capital, and marched an army against Hirat, and invested Fusanj; and made raids razm, and that Marw was in danger, he abandoned the attempt; and, on reaching Amulah, left his army, and taking fifty picked men with him, made for Marw, passed through Takish’s army, and succeeded in throwing himself into Marw. Next day, on hearing of this feat, Takish marched away to Shad-yakh, and, in Rabi’-ul Awwal, 582 H., invested Sanjar Shah, and his Ata-bak, Manguli Beg, therein. After two months an accommodation was entered into, and several men of rank were left there by Takish to carry out the terms, and he departed for Khwarazm. Manguli Beg, as soon as Takish had marched away, seized his officers and delivered them over to Sultan Shah; and they were kept in durance for a long time by him, until a truce was brought about between the brothers, which, however, was but of short duration. After the truce, Takish again moved against Shad-yakh, secured Manguli Beg, and then returned to his capital, Khwarazm. Sultan Shah, being ambitious of possessing Shad-yakh, now seized the opportunity and marched against it.