The Nāṣirī Generations 131: XIII. MALIK GHIYAS-UD-DIN, AK SULTAN, SON OF MUHAMMAD, KHWARAZM SHAH.

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Ak Sultan was another of the sons of Sultan Muhammad; and, when the latter obtained possession of the throne of Kirman, and the mashad of Gawashir, he placed the Khwajah of Zawzan upon the throne of Kirman. After some years, the Khwajah of Zawzan died. He was an excellent man, and founded colleges of great repute, and rabats [hostels for travellers], and erected the fortress of Sala-Mihr of Zawzan.
When he died, Sultan Muhammad had conferred the throne of Kirman upon his own son, Ak Sultan; and he proceeded into Kirman, and brought under his jurisdiction that territory as far as the sea-shore, and the frontiers of Mukran. When the calamities caused by the Mughal irruption befell the empire of Islam, and Chingiz Khan became triumphant over Iran, a body of Khita-is, and some troops of Sultan Muhammad, along with Burak, the Chamberlain, a native of Khita, a newly converted Musalman, proceeded into Kirman, and contention and strife arose between them and Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din-i-Ak Sultan. The latter, not being powerful enough to repel the Khita-is, out of necessity, left Kirman and proceeded into Irak to his brother, Sultan Rukn-ud-Din, leaving the Amir, Shuja'-ud-Din, Abu-l-Kasim, in the city of Gawashir, which was the seat of government and capital of Kirman, with the name of Deputy and Seneschal of the city.
Burak, Khita-i, the Chamberlain, with a numerous army, appeared before the gates of Gawashir, and took up his position there; and contention went on between them, which continued for a considerable length of time, until the period when Sultan Jalal-ud-Din, Mang-barni, marched from the land of Sind, by way of Mukran, into Kirman. As soon as he arrived in the vicinity of the latter territory, Burak, Khita-i, the Chamberlain, having obtained news of the coming of Sultan Jalal-ud-Din, proceeded to wait upon him, and pay him homage; and Shuja'-ud-Din, Abu-l-Kasim, likewise, came out of the city of Gawashir to pay homage to the Sultan.
When Sultan Jalal-ud-Din reached the city, he had but a small following with him, and, therefore, he became anxious with respect to Burak, the Chamberlain, and made over the country of Kirman to him as governor, and proceeded into Irak himself. After Burak, the Chamberlain, had acquired possession of Kirman, Ak Sultan, having quarrelled with his brothers, in ’Irak, returned again into Kirman, and obtained martyrdom at the hand of Burak, Khita-i, the Chamberlain, and died.