The Nāṣirī Generations 151.3

151.3

During his reign people, both comers and goers, enjoyed plenty, repose, and security beyond compute; but that youthful monarch of excellent disposition had but a short life, and his reign only extended to the space of one year and little more. The mercy of God be upon him! The cause of his loss of life was this:—One day, seated in his pavilion, he was discharging arrows at a butt; and the Amirs of Ghur had been directed to be present, and were in attendance. The Sipah-salar [commander of the troops], War-mesh, son of Shis, who was the brother of Abu-l-’Abbas, son of Shis, and the brother of Suliman, son of Shis, was also in attendance on him. It was the custom with the Amirs of Ghur, and the Maliks of the Jibal, at that period, that upon whomsoever they would confer honour, him they should present with a golden gauntlet studded with jewels, after the same manner as, in these days, they bestow a girdle; and on the hand[s] of this commander, War-mesh, son of Shis, were two gem-studded gauntlets, which Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Husain, Madini, had honoured him with; and both those gauntlets were from the treasury of Sultan Saif-ud-Din’s own haram.