The Nāṣirī Generations 157.2

157.2

The mother of the writer of these pages was the foster-sister and school-companion of this princess; and this devotee [himself] was brought up in the princess’s own hall of favour and her haram of chastity, up to the period of his entering upon the bounds of adolescence, in the service of her royal dwelling, and her private apartments. The maternal uncles of this devotee, and his maternal ancestors, were all attached to the service of that princess’s Court, and to the Court of her father; and this poor individual [himself] received many proofs of that lady’s favour and bounty: God reward her! At last her martyrdom and death took place in the territory of ’Irak during the calamities which arose on the irruption of the infidels [the Mughals]. The mercy of the Almighty be upon her! During the lifetime of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Malik ’Ala-ud-Din held in fief, belonging to the district of Bust, and Wajiah [or Wejah] of the territory of Garmsir [of Ghur], and Organ [or Urkan] of Ghaznin In the battle which the Sultan-i-Ghazi, Mu'izz-ud-Din, fought against Pithora Rae of Ajmir, and in which the Sultan was defeated, Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad, accompanied the Sultan-i-Ghazi, and, during that expedition, did good service. When the Sultans of Ghur proceeded into Khurasan, and Nishapur was taken, Ala-ud-Din was installed in the territory of Nishapur, and, for a considerable period, he remained at the city of Nishapur, and acted towards its people with justice and beneficence.