The Nāṣirī Generations 157.3

157.3

When Sultan Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah, arrived from Khwarazm before the gate of Nishapur, Ala-ud-Din defended the place for some time. At last he entered into a convention, and surrendered the city to Sultan Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah, and returned again into Ghur. When Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din was removed to the Almighty’s mercy, the Sultan-i-Ghazi, Mu’izz-ud-Din, conferred the throne of Firuz-koh, and the territories of Ghur, Gharjistan, and Zamin-i-Dawar, upon him; and, in the Khutbah, his title became Malik Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad. Previous to this they used to style him Malik Ziya-ud-Din, the Pearl of Ghur. He held possession of Firuz-koh and the territories of Ghur and Gharjistan for a period of four years; and in the year 601 H., when the Sultan-i-Ghazi, Mu’izz-ud-Din, proceeded towards Khwarazm, and took [with him] the armies of Ghur and Ghaznin, Malik ’Ala-ud-Din, the Pearl of Ghur, conducted sundry of the troops of Ghur into Mulhidistan and Kuhistan, and advanced to the gate of the city of Kain, and [from thence] pushed on to Junabad of Kuhistan, and captured the castle of Kaha of Junabad; and, after having performed numerous feats of arms and holy warfare, he returned into Ghur again.