The Nāṣirī Generations 148: XIII. MALIK SHUJA’-UD-DIN, ABI-’ALI, SON OF AL-HUSAIN, [SON OF SAM], SON OF AL-HASAN, SHANSABI.

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Malik Shuja’-ud-Din, Abi-’Ali, son of Al-Husain, son of Al-Hasan, was removed from this world in his early manhood, and his existence terminated whilst he was yet in the flower of his youth. A son survived him, Malik ’Ala-ud-Din, Abu-’Ali; and the brothers [of Shuja’-ud-Din, Abi ’Ali] with one accord, when dividing the dominions of Ghur, had invested him [Shuja’-ud-Din] with the district of Jarmas. When he died, they conferred the district of Jarmas upon his son, ’Ala-ud-Din, Abu-’Ali.
The Malik-ul-Jibal, Kutb-ud-Din, Muhammad, who had been martyred at Ghaznin, had left a daughter, and she was given to ’Ala-ud-Din, Abu-’Ali, in marriage; and, after that noble lady was espoused by him, the Almighty blessed them with a son, who had the good fortune of becoming both a Haji [a pilgrim] and a holy warrior, namely, Malik Ziya-ud-Din, Muhammad, the Pearl of Ghur, and it happened in this wise:—When [his father] Malik ’Ala-ud-Din, Abu-’Ali died, and his son grew up, the Almighty bestowed such grace upon his mother that she decided upon undertaking a journey to the Kiblah, and up to that period not one of the Maliks of Ghur had attained that felicity.
Malik Ziya-ud-Din, in attendance upon his mother, was proceeding on the journey to the holy places by way of Hirat, Khurasan, and Nishapur. At that time Sultan Takish, Khwarazm Shah, was at Nishapur, and Malik Ziya-ud-Din, in the habit of a Sayyid, with his hair twisted into two long ringlets, presented himself at the Court of that Sultan, and had the happiness of being permitted to kiss Sultan Takish’s hand.
Malik Ziya-ud-Din [in the company of his mother] had the happiness of performing the orthodox pilgrimage with great reverence, and with the observance of all the rites and ceremonies. He gave directions to build a khan-kah [chapel] at Makkah, and provided all the necessary funds for raising the structure, and left trustworthy persons of his own to see it carried out.
He also returned, along with his mother, to the territory of Giur; and she acquired the name of the Malikah-i-Haji [the Pilgrim Princess], and founded a great number of masjids, pulpits, and colleges in the Ghurlan country. May they both become acceptable in the sight of Almighty God!