The Nāṣirī Generations 149.2.4

149.2.4

He returned to Ghur, and, by his command, the corpses of his brothers were deposited by the side of their ancestors. He had ordered that several Sayyids of Ghaznin should be seized, according to the law of retaliation, in the place of Sayyid Majd-ud-Din, Musawi, who was Sultan Suri's Wazir, and who, along with Sultan Suri, they had hung up from one of the arches [of the bridge?] of Ghaznin, and they were brought before the Sultan. Bags were filled with the earth of Ghaznin, and placed upon their backs and [they were] brought along with him to Firuz-koh, the capital; and, on reaching that city, the Sayyids were put to death, and their blood was mixed with the earth which had been brought from Ghaznin, and from it several towers were erected on the hills of Firuz-koh, which towers, moreover, were still remaining up to this present time. The Almighty pardon him! After he had wreaked such vengeance as this, and returned to the capital again, ’Ala-ud-Din desired to devote himself to pleasure and revelry; and he gathered around him minstrels and boon companions, betook himself to conviviality and carousal, and improvised lines which he directed the minstrels to sing, and accompany on their harps and violins. These are the lines: