The Nāṣirī Generations 151.2

151.2

Those emissaries who had come from the Mulahidah [heretic] of Alamut [towards the close of his father's reign], and who, secretly, had exhorted every person to the vanities of heresy and schism, he directed should be brought to task, and the whole of them, by his orders, were put to the sword. In every place wherein the odour of their impure usages was perceived, throughout the territory of Ghur, slaughter of all heretics was commanded. The whole of them were sent to Hell, and the area of the country of Ghur, which was a mine of religion and orthodoxy, was purified from the infernal impurity of Karamitah depravity by the sword. By this orthodox war upon infidels, love for him became rooted in the hearts of the people of Ghur and of the territory of the Jibal; and the whole of them bound the girdle of his service round their loins, and placed the collar of obedience to him about the neck of sincerity. One of the proofs of his equity, and of the goodness of his rule, was this, that he gave orders for the release from the fortress of Wajiristan of both his uncle’s sons, Ghiyas-ud-Din, Muhammad, and Mu’izz-ud-Din, Muhammad, the sons of Sam, and he cherished and caressed them, and allowed them perfect liberty of action.