The Nāṣirī Generations 151.5

151.5

When Sultan Saif-ud-Din brought the dominions of his father under his jurisdiction, he assembled his forces, and set out for the purpose of restraining the aggressions of the Ghuzz, and reached the confines of Gharjistan, and the district of Madin. From thence he advanced to Rudbar of Marw, and passed beyond Dajzak, which is a large city [town ?], and came to a battle with the Ghuzz. The Sipah-salar, Abu-l-Abbas, son of Shis, who was the champion of Ghur, of the family of the Shisanis, and who nourished revenge in his heart on account of War-mesh, son of Shis [his own brother], and waited his opportunity, on the day of the encounter with the Ghuzz, came behind the back of the Sultan, Saif-ud-Din, and thrust his spear into his side, and hurled him from his horse, and exclaimed [at the same time], “Men are not killed with their faces to the butt, as thou didst kill my brother, otherwise they [themselves] get killed at such a place as this.”