The Nāṣirī Generations 152.2.2

152.2.2

The Amirs of the Ghuzz [tribe] who were in Ghaznin, not being able to oppose the forces of Ghur [in the field] threw up intrenchments, and, from the excessive firmness of the Ghuzz, the Ghurian army very nearly sustained an overthrow. Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din retired, and despatched a body of Ghurians to the aid of Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din. Suddenly a body of Ghuzz warriors attacked [the army of Ghur], and captured the royal standard of the Ghurians, and carried it away within their own intrenchments. The Ghurian forces in the right and left wings imagined that the royal standard had accompanied their own centre into the intrenchments of the enemy, and they advanced to the attack in all directions, broke through the intrenchments of the Ghuzz, and carried them, and put the Ghuzz to the rout. The news reached Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, who returned; and the troops of Ghur commenced slaughtering the Ghuzz, and laid the greater number of that race on the earth, and Ghaznin was left in the possession of the Ghuris. This victory was gained in the year 569 H.