The Nāṣirī Generations 185.10

185.10

As a specimen of the random manner in which history is often written, Buda’uni says that the Mughals invested Multan in 611 H., and that, in 624 H., Kaba-jah was made captive by Sultan Shams-ud-Din, “and took the road of the other world.” of Uchchah. Malik [Sultan] Nasir-ud-Din, Kaba-jah, discomfited, embarked on boats [with his troops and followers ?] and retired towards Bhakar ; and [a body of?] the Sultan’s forces, along with the Wazir of the State, the Nizam-ul-Mulk, set out in pursuit of him, and invested him within the fortress of Bhakar. Sultan Shams-ud-Din, I-yal-timish, remained encamped before the gate of the fortress of Uchchah for a period of two months and twenty-seven days. On Saturday, the 27th of the month, Jamadi-ul-Awwal, the citadel of Uchchah was given up. When the news of the capture of the place reached Malik [Sultan] Nasir-ud-Din, Kaba-jah, he sent his son, ’Ala-ud-Din, Bahram Shah, to the presence of the Sultan. Subsequent to his reaching the camp of the Sultan, on the 22nd of the month, Jamadi-ul-Akhir, information arrived of the taking of Bhakar ; and that Malik [Sultan] Nasir-ud-Din, Kaba-jah, had drowned himself in the river Sind, and the term of his existence was severed. The period of his rule in the land of Sind, and Uchchah, and Multan, was twenty-two years.