The Nāṣirī Generations 132.2.7

132.2.7

Jalal-ud-Din now turned his arms against the Sultan of Rum, ’Ala-ud-Din, son of Kai-Qubad, Saljuqi [see bottom of page 162], and Malik-ul-Ashraf, ruler of Sham, who had combined against him [all the Muhammadan rulers at this time, with few exceptions, seem bent on their own destruction, and played into the hands of the Mughals], and had been joined by forces from Arman, Gurjistan, and Qipchaq [Krim?]. In the first action, the Sultan overthrew a portion of them; but in a second engagement, having to dismount from his horse through illness, his troops, thinking he had retired from the field, became dispirited and gave way. They were not pursued, because the enemy considered their flight a mere stratagem of the Sultan’s to draw them into an ambuscade. This is said to have taken place in 627 H. Jalal-ud-Din had endeavoured [in 627-8 H.] to induce the rulers of Rum and Sham to join him against the common enemy, but jealousy and suspicion on their part prevented so advantageous an alliance. The end of the gallant Sultan’s eventful career, however, was approaching. He had passed the winter of 628 H. in the neighbourhood of Irmaniah, when intimation reached him of the despatch of a fresh and numerous army of Mughals, under Jarmaghun, and of their early approach. He despatched Uz Khan, with a strong patrol, to make inquiries.