The Nāṣirī Generations 128.3.2

128.3.2

From the place where Chingiz was at this period, to the boundary of Utrar, was a three months’ journey through the wilderness; and, along with his hosts, he despatched horses, mares, and geldings, without number, to supply them with milk, and for riding. The journey through the wilds was got over in a short time, and he issued forth on the Utrar frontier; and that fortress and city was taken, and the whole of the inhabitants were martyred. From thence Chingiz Khan marched towards Bukhara; and, on the day of the Festival of the Sacrifice, 10th of the month Zi-Hijjah, in the year 616 H., he captured the city, and martyred the whole of the inhabitants, put the ’Ulama to the sword, and gave the libraries of books to the flames. They have related that the Imam-zadah, Rukn-ud-Din—the mercy of the Almighty be upon him!—when they were martyring him, repeated the following lines:— “I said, that my heart said, ‘It is murder committed by us.’ I said, my soul said, that ‘It is the carrier away of us.’ I said, that ‘Thy powerful dog has fallen on me.’ It [my soul?] said, ‘Thou shouldst not draw breath, for it is brought upon ourselves.’”