The Nāṣirī Generations 152.3.1

152.3.1

When they [the envoys] had discharged the purport of their mission, Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din did not become agreeable to the proposed union, and hostility arose. As the Almighty God had ordained that the whole of the dominions of Iran should fall under the sway of Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah, he, upon several occasions, towards the close of Ghiyas-ud-Din’s life, retired discomfited before the forces of Ghur and Ghaznin, and, at last, those Sultans died before him. Upon several occasions rich dresses of honour from the Court of the Khilafat, from the Lord of the Faithful, Al- Mustazi B’illah, and from the Lord of the Faithful, Un-Nasir-ud-Din Ullah, reached the Court of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din. On the first occasion, Ibn-ur-Rabbi' came; and the Kazi, Majd-ud-Din, [styled] the Model, went along with him to the Court of the Khilafat, and, on the second occasion, Ibn-ul-Khatib came; and the father of this their servant, Maulana Saraj-ud-Din, son of Minhaj-i-Saraj, he [the Sultan] nominated to proceed along with him to the Court of the Khilafat. On the arrival of the honorary dress from the Court of Un-Nasir-ud-Din Ullah, the imperial five times a day was assumed by the Sultan. His dominions became wide and extended, and from the east [eastern extremity] of Hindustan, from the frontier of Chin and Ma-Chin, as far as ’Irak, and from the river Jihun and Khurasan to the sea-shore of Hurmuz, the Khutbah was adorned by his auspicious name. He reigned for a period of forty-three years.