The Nāṣirī Generations 158.1

158.1

Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Mahmud, son of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Sam, was a sovereign of good qualities, and conviviality, pleasure, and jollity were dominant in his disposition. When Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Sam, his father, died, Mahmud was desirous that his uncle, the Sultan-i-Ghazi, Mu’izz-ud-Din, should assign to him the throne of his father. But that expectation was not fulfilled, and the throne of Firuz-koh was conferred upon Malik ’Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad, the Pearl of Ghur, to whom the daughter of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Sam, was betrothed; and the territory of Bust, Isfizar, and Farah, were given to Sultan Mahmud. In the year in which [his uncle] the Sultan-i-Ghazi led an army into Khwarazm, Ghiyas-ud-Din, Mahmud, marched the troops of Bust, Farah, and Isfizar, into Khurasan, and proceeded to the gate of Marw-i-Shah-i-Jahan; and in that expedition he manifested many marks of skill and activity. When the Sultan-i-Ghazi, Mu’izz-ud-Din, was assassinated, Mahmud determined to proceed from Bust to Firuz-koh, and, when he reached Zamin-i-Dawar, the Khalj Amirs of Garmsir, with a numerous following, joined him. The Amirs and Maliks of Ghur all came forth to receive him; and, in the year 602 H., he reached Firuz-koh, and the throne of Ghur came into his possession, and he brought the territories of his father under his jurisdiction.