The Nāṣirī Generations 140.8

140.8

His offers were accepted on the stipulation that every castle he [War-mesh] had taken on the side of Gharjistan should be given up. Although War-mesh ground his teeth at this, he could do nothing else than agree, and those fortresses were given up to governors of the Amir. Whilst the latter was still in Ghur, that chief sent in his contributions and offerings; and, subsequently, when Mas’ud reached Hirat, War-mesh-i-Bat presented himself at the Court, was well received, had a dress of honour conferred upon him, and returned to his country along with the two other friendly chieftains. After the capture and destruction of the fortress above referred to, Amir Mas’ud advanced against another, a famous place, and of vast strength, named Tur [this name is doubtful, the variants are Bur and Nur]. It was carried by storm after a week’s fighting and great slaughter, and the two friendly chiefs took part in it. Mas’ud placed a governor of his own in the place, after which he set out on his return to Hirat. At Mar-abad, ten farsakhs [leagues] from that city, large quantities of arms and war materiel, as stipulated for by others of the Ghuris to avert molestation, were found already collected, together with what War-mesh-i-Bat had despatched.