The Nāṣirī Generations 137.2

137.2

The cause of his proceeding to the presence of the Lord of the Faithful, Harun-ar-Rashid, was this: — In the territory of Ghur there was a tribe who are called Shisanian. and they assert that, in the first place, their ancestor embraced the true faith, and then the Shansabanian did; and Muhammad, in the dialect of Ghur, they call Hamad [Ahmad?], and, after they had embraced Islam, they became styled Hamadi [Ahmadi?], that is to say, Muhammadi. In the time of Amir Banji, the Mihtar [chief] of the tribe of Shisani-an was an Amir named Shis, son of Bahram; and, in the language of the Ghuris, Shis they call Sis, and this tribe they call Shisanian, after the name of this Amir. Now between Amir Shis and Amir Banji, son of Naharan, dissension arose about the lordship of Ghur; and [in consequence] disturbance ensued among the people of that territory. The whole agreed together, on either side, that both the Amirs, Banji and Shis, should proceed to the presence of the Khalifah, and whichever should bring back from the Court of the Khilafat a covenant and a standard should be accounted Amir. Both disputants made their arrangements with the determination of undertaking their journey, and setting out towards the Dar-ul-Khilafat. The throne of the Khilafat at this time, was adorned by the radiance of the Lord of the Faithful, Harun-ar-Rashid.