The Nāṣirī Generations 165.2

165.2

In short, the admirable benevolence of that monarch towards the ’Ulama of Islam was more than can be contained within the compass of writing. That Miracle of the World, Fakhr-ud-Din, Muhammad, Razi composed the Risalah-i-Bahaiah in that Sultan's name; and for a considerable period he continued under the shadow of that sovereign’s favour and protection. That Chief of learned Doctors, Jalal-ud-Din, Warsak during the Sultan’s reign, attained the office of Shaikh-ul-Islam of the district of Balkh; and Maulana Saraj-i-Minhaj that Most Eloquent of ’Ajam, and the Wonder of his Age, was sent for, secretly, by Sultan Baha-ud-Din, Sam, from the Court of Firuz-koh, who despatched a seal-ring of turquoise stone with the name of Sam engraved upon it, and with great respect and reverence invited the Maulana to his Court. When this circumstance occurred, the writer of this History, Minhaj-i-Saraj, was in the third year of his age.