The Nāṣirī Generations 140.1

140.1

Amir Abu-’Ali, son of Muhammad-i-Suri, was a man of government] proceeded to Hirat, and determined to undertake an expedition into “He set out from Hirat, in Jamadi-ul-Awwal, with a strong force of horse and foot, and five light elephants. The first march was to Badshan [one MS. has Badshahan], and the next to Kusan [one MS. Chashan or Chushan; but several of these names cannot be considered certain, although all available MSS. have been compared, and the printed text of Morley, which has been carefully edited], and then to Barian [MS. Bamyan]. There a halt took place to allow all the troops to come up, after which Prince Mas’ud marched to Par [MS. Bar], and from thence, after two days, to Nakhshab [MS. Nahshab or Nihshab], and then to Bagh-i-Wazir, outside; and that Ribat [public edifice, a karwansarae] is the commencement of the frontier of Ghur. “When the Ghuris became aware of this movement of Amir Mas’ud, they retired to their strongholds and deliberated about making resistance. Before he set out on this expedition, Mas’ud had conciliated Bu-l-Hasan-i-Khalaf [Bu or Abu-l-Hasan-i-Khalaf would signify the father of Hasan, and son of Khalaf. According to some authors already quoted the son of Muhammad, son of Suri, was named Hasan. See para. 2, page 321], one of the most notable of the chieftains of Ghur, and had induced him [Bu-l-Hasan] to submit to his authority;