The Nāṣirī Generations 152.1.9

152.1.9

When that horseman brought the head of Kimaj to the presence of Malik Fakhr-ud-Din he determined upon returning, and made his troops mount; and, by the time they had become ready prepared to begin their retreat, the two Sultans had come up [with their forces] and had occupied all the parts around. On reaching the place where their uncle was, Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din and Mu’izz-ud-Din at once dismounted from their horses, and proceeded to receive him, and paid him great attention and consideration, and said, “It is necessary that your lordship should return and they conducted him to their camp and seated him on a throne, and both those sovereigns stood up before him with their hands stuck in their girdles [in token of servitude]. From this Malik Fakhr-ud-Din became filled with shame and compunction, and, overcome with humiliation, he spoke to them some words of rebuke, arose, and said, "You mock me!" They mollified him by many apologies and excuses, and accompanied him one stage, and sent him on his return back to Bamian; and the territory of Ghur was left vacant to Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din.