The Nāṣirī Generations 146.2

146.2

After the martyrdom of [Saif-ud-Din], Suri [yet to be mentioned], as Sultan Baha-ud-Din was the eldest of the five brothers [styled Sultans], the sovereignty of the kingdom of Ghur devolved upon him. The Malikah of Kidan who was also of Shansabani lineage, the daughter of Malik Badr-ud-Din of Kidan, was married to him, and Almighty God blessed him with two sons and three daughters by that Malikah of high descent. The sons were Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Sam and Sultan Mu'izz-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Sam — the Almighty illumine them! — the amplitude of whose dominions comprehended the eastern quarter of the world, and the fame of whose expeditions against infidels, whose holy wars, the energy and vigour of whose rule, justice, and beneficence will continue imperishable and manifest on the outspread world until the latest revolutions of time. Some of those glorious actions and annals in the account of each of them, by way of ensample, will, please God, be subsequently recorded. Of the daughters, one was the Malikah-i-Jahan mother of Malik Taj-ud-Din, Zangi; the second, the Hurrah-i-Jalali, mother of Sultan Baha-ud-Din, Sam, son of Sultan Shams-ud-Din, Muhammad, son of Malik Fakhr-ud-Din, Mas'ud, of Bamian; and the third daughter was the Malikah-i-Khurasan, the mother of Alb-Arsalan-i-Ghazi, son of Malik Kazil-Arsalan, Saljuki, the brother's son of Sultan Sanjar.