The Nāṣirī Generations 152.1.8

152.1.8

Malik Taj-ud-Din, Yal-duz, was standing beneath his canopy, and his troops all pointed towards him, so that those Ghurian warriors knew which was Yal-duz; and both of them like hungry lions and rampant elephants fell upon Yal-duz, and brought him from his horse to the ground by the wounds inflicted by their swords. When the troops of Hirat beheld this heroism, boldness, and intrepidity, they gave way and took to flight. As Almighty God had brought those two Sultans, Ghiyas-ud-Din and Mu'izz-ud-Din, beneath the shadow of His kindness, He made such a victory and triumph as this a miracle of theirs. The next day a body of horse, lightly equipped and ruthless, was nominated to proceed against the force of Kimaj of Balkh. They fell upon his army unawares, put it to flight, took Kimaj, and slew him, and brought his head to the presence of the Sultans together with his standard. Then the head of Kimaj was placed in a bag, and entrusted to a horseman’s charge, and they sent him to meet their uncle, Malik Fakhr-ud-Din, Mas’ud. The latter had arrived near at hand; and, when they [the Sultans] had despatched the head of Kimaj, they put their forces in motion to follow, and pushed on towards their uncle, Malik Fakhr-ud-Din.