The Nāṣirī Generations 151.1

151.1

When Sultan ’Ala-ud-Din departed from this world, his son, Sultan Saif-ud-Din, Muhammad, with the concurrence of the whole of the Maliks, Amirs, and chief men of Ghur, ascended the throne of Firuz-koh. He was a youthful and good-looking sovereign, and was beneficent in disposition, just, the cherisher of his subjects, and patronizer of his servants, bountiful, munificent, open-hearted, and liberal, humble, conciliating, pious, orthodox, and steadfast in the faith of Islam. When he ascended the throne, he, at the outset, repudiated acts of tyranny and injustice; and for all the injustice, oppression, and violence which his father had committed, he commanded that restitution should be made; and he carried out his purpose according to the institutes of justice, and the ways of rectitude.