The Nāṣirī Generations 159.1

159.1

Sultan Baha-ud-Din, Sam, son of Sultan Mahmud [at this time] was about fourteen years of age, and his brother, Malik Shams-ud-Din, Muhammad, about ten. Their mother was the daughter of Malik Taj-ud-Din, of Timran; and in the haram likewise were two daughters by this Malikah. When Sultan Mahmud was martyred, the next morning, all the Amirs of Ghur and the Turk Amirs assembled together, and raised Baha-ud-Din, Sam, to the throne of Firuz-koh; and the Malikah-i-Mu’izziah, who was the mother of Baha-ud-Din, and the other children of Ghiyas-ud-Din, Mahmud, incited the Turkish slaves to slay the competitors for the sovereignty. Of that party one was Malik Rukn-ud-Din, Mahmud-i-Iran Shah, the son of Malik ’Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Abi-’Ali, and they martyred him, as has been previously recorded. Malik Kutb-ud-Din, Timrani, was imprisoned, as was Malik Shihab-ud-Din, ’Ali, Madini, likewise, who was the son of the uncle of the Sultans [Ghiyas-ud-Din, and Mu’izz-ud-Din]; and the Ghuri and Turk Amirs, in concert, stood around the throne with girded loins.