The Nāṣirī Generations 186: IV. MALIK BAHA-UD-DIN, TUGHRIL, UL-MU’IZZI-US-SULTANI.

186

Malik Baha-ud-Din, Tughril, was a Malik of excellent disposition, scrupulously impartial, just, kind to the poor and strangers, and adorned with humility. He was one of the slaves of the early part of the reign of the Sultan-i-Ghazi, Mu’izz-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Sam, and the latter had raised him likewise to a high degree of rank ; and, when the fortress of Thangir, [or Thankir], which is [in ?] the territory of Bhianah, with the Rae of which warfare was being carried on, was taken, it was made over to Baha-ud-Din, Tughril's charge, and that part became flourishing and prosperous through his means. From different parts of Hindustan and Khurasan merchants and men of repute had joined him, and to the whole of them he was in the habit of presenting houses and goods which used to become their property, so that, on this account, they would dwell near him.
As the fortress of Thankir was not suitable as a place of residence for him and his following, Malik Baha-ud-Din, Tughril, founded, in the territory of Bhianah, the city of Sultan-kot, and therein took up his abode, and used continually to despatch [bodies of] cavalry towards Gwaliyur. When the Sultan-i-Ghazi [Mu’izz-ud-Din] retired from the foot [of the walls] of the fort of Gwaliyur, he said to Baha- -ud-Din, Tughril: I must leave this stronghold to thee [to take].” In concurrence with this hint, Malik Baha-ud-Din, Tughril, stationed a body of forces from his own troops at the foot of the fort of Gwaliyur, and near by, at the distance of one league, he erected a fortification, in order that the Musalman horsemen might remain within it at night, and, when the day should break, push on to the foot of the fort [walls].
They were occupied in this manner for the period of a year; and, when the defenders of Gwaliyur became reduced to straits, they sent emissaries to the Sultan- [Malik at that period] i-Karim, Kutb-ud-Din, I-bak, and gave up the fort to him; and [consequently] between Malik Baha-ud-Din, Tughril, and [Malik] Kutb-ud-Din, I-bak, there used to exist a little of the leaven of vexation.
Malik Baha-ud-Din, Tughril, was a man of exemplary faith, and, in the district of Bhianah, numerous proofs of his goodness remained ; and he died, and was received into the Almighty’s mercy.
After this, an account will likewise be given in this Tabakat of the Khalj Maliks who were [among] those of the reign of the beneficent Sultan Kutb-ud-Din, and accounted among the servants of the Sultan-i-Ghazi, Mu’izz-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Sam, in order that, when the readers [of this work] acquire knowledge respecting all the Maliks and Amirs of Hindustan, they may utter a benediction upon the author, and pray unto the Omnipotent for the eternal dominion and perpetual sovereignty of Sultan Nasir-ud-Dunya wa ud-Din, Abu-l-Muzaffar-i-Mahmud, the son of the Sultan, the Kasim [co-sharer] of the Lord of the Faithful : and may Almighty God perpetuate the dynasty, Amin !