The Nāṣirī Generations 185.7

185.7

In this same year likewise, the writer of this work, Minhaj-i-Saraj, reached the city of Uchchah from Khurasan by way of Ghaznin and Banian, by boat, on Tuesday, the 27th of the month Jamadi-ul-Awwal, in the year 624 H. In the month of Zi-Hijjah of the same year, the Firuzi College of Uchchah was committed to the charge of the author, together with the office of Kazi of the forces of ’Alā-ud-Dīn, Bahrām Shāh [the son of Sultān Nāsir-ud-Dīn, Kabā-jah] ; and, in the month of Rabī’-ul-Awwal of the same year 624 H., the august Sultān, Shams-ud- Dunya wa ud-Din [I-yal-timish] pitched his camp in sight because there can be no doubt but that the course of the Indus, at this part, has greatly altered during the lapse of upward of six centuries, and with respect to the fortress of Bhakar in particular, and its connexion with Sakar. To return to Uchchah however: some say it held out vigorously for a period of two months and twenty days; but, as it capitulated—some say it was taken—on Tuesday, the 29th—one author says the 22nd—of Jamadi-ul-Akhir—this must be incorrect, as, between the two dates given for the arrival of I-yal-timish and the fall of Uchchah, is a period of exactly four months. Our author, although present, can scarcely be depended upon, for here he says it occurred in 624 H., and under I-yal-timish’s reign says 625 H.