The Nāṣirī Generations 196.5

196.5

Sultan Rukn-ud-Din, Firuz Shah, led his army towards Kuhram. The Turk Amirs and the slaves of the household, who were serving with the centre [the contingents forming the centre] followed the example; and, in the vicinity of Mansur-pur and Tara'in they martyred the Taj-ul-Mulk, Mahmud, the Dabir [Secretary], the son of the Mushrif-i-Mamalik, and Baha-ud-Din, Hasan [Husain?] -i-Ash’ari, Karim-ud-Din-i-Zahid [the Recluse], Ziya-ul-Mulk [ud-Din?], the son of the Nizam-ul-Mulk, Muhammad, Junaidi, Nizam-ud-Din, Shafurkani, the Khwajah Rashid-ud-Din, Maikani, Amir Fakhr-ud-Din, the Dabir [Secretary], and a number of other Tajik officials; and, in the month of Rabi'-ul-Awwal, in the year 634 H., Sultan Raziyyat, who was the eldest daughter of Sultan Shams-ud-Din, entered upon open hostility with the mother of Sultan Rukn-ud-Din, Firuz Shah, at Dihli, and he, as a matter of necessity, returned again towards the capital. His mother had conspired against Sultan Raziyyat to put her to death. The people of the city, upon this, rose, and attacked the royal Kasr [Castle], and seized the mother of Rukn-ud-Din, Firuz Shah.