The Nāṣirī Generations 197.3

197.3

At this period Malik Nusrat-ud-Din, Ta-yasa’i, the Mu’izzi, who was feoffee of Awadh, marched with his forces from that province, for the purpose of rendering aid to Sultan Raziyyat, in conformity with [her] commands, towards Dihli, the capital. After he had crossed the river Gang, the hostile Maliks who were before the city of Dihli unexpectedly advanced to meet him, and took him prisoner, and affliction overcame him, and he died. The stay of the hostile Maliks before the gate of Dihli was prolonged for a considerable time; but, as the good fortune of Sultan Raziyyat was at the point of ascendancy, the Sultan issued from the city, and directed her sublime tent to be pitched at a place on the bank of the river Jun; and, between the Turk Amirs who served at the stirrup of sovereignty, and the hostile Maliks, conflicts took place upon several occasions. At last, an accommodation was arranged, but in a deceptive manner, and by the subtile contrivance of Malik 'Izz-ud-Din, Muhammad, Salari, and Malik 'Izz-ud-Din, Kabir Khan-i-Ayaz, who, secretly, went over to the Sultan’s side, and, one night, met before the entrance to the royal tent, with this stipulation, that Malik Jani, Malik Saif-ud-Din, Kuji, and the Nizam-ul-Mulk, Muhammad, Junaidi, should be summoned, and be taken into custody and imprisoned, in order that the sedition might be quelled.