The Nāṣirī Generations 161: XXII. SULTAN 'ALA-UD-DIN, MUHAMMAD, SON OF SHUJA'-UD-DIN-I-ABU-’ALI, THE LAST OF THE SULTANS OF GHUR.

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Previous to this, in several places, 'Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad, has been made mention of, that, at the outset of his career, he used to be styled Malik Ziya-ud-Din, the Pearl of Ghur, and when, after Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Muhammad, son of [Baha-ud-Din] Sam, he ascended the throne of Firuz-koh, his title became Malik [Sultan] ’Ala-ud-Din.
Since Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Husain, at this time martyred Sultan 'Ala-ud-Din, Utsuz, Firuz-koh, and the dominion of Ghur came under the control of the Amirs and troops of Ghaznin, and of Ghur. They, in concert, set up Malik Husam-ud-Din, Husain-i-'Abd-ul-Malik, Sar-i-Zarrad, over Firuz-koh, and they repaired the fort of Firuz-koh, and, in the midst of the city, and on the hill of the fortress of Baz Kushk, they placed a barrier of iron, and raised a rampart, and commenced hostilities. They brought Malik ’Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad, out of the castle of Ashiyar [of Gharjistan] and carried him away to Ghaznin. These events happened in the year 610 or 611 H.
When Sultan Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad, reached Ghaznin, Sultan Taj-ud-Din, Yal-duz, treated him with great honour and reverence, and commanded so that they took the canopy of State of Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din from the head of that monarch’s mausoleum, and they raised it over the head of Sultan ’Ala-ud-Din, and he [Taj-ud-Din, Yal-duz] gave him the title of Sultan, and sent him to the capital, Firuz-koh.
He returned to Ghur again; and, when he had ruled for a period of one year and a little more, and the Khutbah was read, and the money was coined in his name, and his title of Sultan was made universally [public] in the Khutbah, Sultan Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah, sent him the treaty which the Sultan had, at Nishapur, taken from him, to the effect that he [’Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad] should never, at any time soever, draw sword against him [Sultan Muhammad]. Accordingly, in the year 612 H., Sultan ’Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad, delivered up the city of Firuz-koh to the trusty officers of Sultan Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah, and was himself conducted to Khwarazm, and was treated with great honour and veneration.
He took up his residence near to the Malikah-i-Jalali, the daughter of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Sam, who was joined in wedlock to him. They dwelt together in the Khwarazmi dominions for a considerable time, and [at length] death’s decree arrived, and he was received into the Almighty’s mercy. During the period of his own dominion and sovereignty, he had despatched trusty and confidential persons, and had acquired a place adjacent to [the tomb of] Shaikh Abu-Yazid, Bustami, and had caused the position of his tomb to be fixed upon; and, at the time of his decease, he had made it his last request that his body should be removed from Khwarazm to Bustam.
When, in accordance with his last will, they conveyed his remains to Bustam, the attendant at the Khankah [monastery] of Bustam, the night previously, saw Shaikh Abu-Yazid in a dream, who said to him, “To-morrow a traveller and guest arrives : it behoveth that thou shouldst perform the rite of going forth to receive him.” At the dawn of the morning the attendant of the Khankah set out from Bustam ; and, at about the first watch of the day, the bier of Sultan ’Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad, arrived from the direction of Khwarazm. It was conducted with all reverence and veneration into Bustam, and they buried him likewise adjoining the Shaikh-ul-’Arifin, Abu-Yazid—the mercy of the Almighty be upon them !—and the Maliks of Ghur, and the Sultans of the Shansabi race, by the extinction of his dominion, came to a termination.