The Nāṣirī Generations 187.2.5

187.2.5

To the banks of this river Muhammad-i-Bakht-yar came; and ’Ali, the Mej, joined the army of Islam ; and, for a period of ten days, he took the army up the river among the mountains, until he brought it to a place where, from remote times, they had built a bridge of hewn stone, and consisting of upwards of twenty arches. After the army of Islam passed over that bridge, he [Muhammad-i-Bakht-yar] installed here, at the head of the bridge, two of his own Amirs, one a Turk slave, and the other a Khalj, with troops, in order to guard it until his return. When Muhammad-i-Bakht-yar, with the whole of the rest of his forces, passed over that bridge; and, when the Rae of Kamrud became aware of the passage [over the bridge] by the conquering troops, he despatched trustworthy persons [saying]: "It is not proper, at this time, to march into the country of Tibbat, and it is necessary to return, and to make ample preparations, when, in the coming year, I, who am the Rae of Kamrud, agree that I will embody my own forces, and will precede the Muhammadan troops, and will cause that territory to be acquired." Muhammad-i-Bakht-yar did not, in any way, accept this counsel, and he turned his face towards the mountains of Tibbat.