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SULTAN BAHA-UD-DIN, SAM, SON OF 'IZZ-UD-DIN, AL-HUSAIN. ### [146.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.146.1) When the Malik-ul-Jibal retired to Ghaznin \[as previously related\], and left the buildings of the city of Firuzkoh in an unfinished state, Sultan Baha-ud-Din, Sam, came from \[the territory of\] Sangah to Firuz-koh, and went on with the building of the city and fortification, and brought to completion those edifices and the royal palaces. He also commanded the erection of the fortresses of Ghur, and contracted alliance and entered into amity with the Shars of Gharjistan. He ascended the throne of Firuz-koh in the year 544 H. When the construction of the capital of Firuz-koh was completed through his propitious auspices, he gave directions for the construction of four strong fortresses on the confines of the territory of Ghur, Garmsir, Gharjistan, and the mountain tract of Hirat, and the Kasr of Kajuran in the district of Garmsir and Fur, the fortress of Sher-Sang in the mountains of Hirat, and that of Bindar \[or Pindar\], in the hills of Gharjistan, and Fiwar, between Gharjistan and Faras \[or Baras\]. ### [146.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.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. ### [146.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.146.3) When the account of the affliction and degradation which had befallen Sultan Suri at Ghaznin, through the hostility and perfidy of the retainers of the Mahmudi dynasty, reached the hearing of Sultan Baha-ud-Din, Sam, he came to the determination of wreaking vengeance upon the inhabitants of Ghaznin, and, without occupying himself in mourning ceremonies for his brothers he assembled the forces of Ghur, and of the parts and tracts around, and on the confines of it, and of the hill-tracts of Jarum and Gharjistan; and, having arranged and ordered them, he turned his face towards Ghaznin in order to accomplish that important matter. After great preparation, and being fully equipped, he moved forward, and a large army marched under his standards. When he reached the district of Kidan, excessive anxiety and grief for the death of his brothers, and the strength of his feelings, brought on an attack of illness, and there \[at Kidan\] he died. In the same manner as Sultan Suri, at the time of his proceeding against and capturing Ghaznin, had entrusted the capital of the kingdom of Ghur, and had made over the government of that territory to him, Sultan Baha-ud-Din, Sam, the latter, at this time, when about to march an army himself against Ghaznin, assigned the capital of Ghur, and the rule over the territory of the Jibal \[mountain tracts\] to Sultan ’Ala-ud-Din, Husain-i-Jahan-soz \[his brother\], and consigned to him his children, dependents, Amirs, property, and effects. ### [146.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.146.4) When Baha-ud-Din died at Kidan, and that circumstance came to the hearing of Sultan ’Ala-ud-Din, Husain, he, likewise, without occupying himself in mourning ceremonies, assembled together the forces with all celerity, and set out towards Ghaznin. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.146) · Pramāṇa