The Nāṣirī Generations 198.2

198.2

“ Well done, on thy account, the uprearing of the emblems of sovereignty! Bravo to thy good fortune, heaped up, the ensigns of dominion! Mu’izz-ud-Dunya wa ud-Din, Mughis-ul-Khalk bi’l Of dignity like Suliman: under thy command are both jinn [genii] and mankind. Though the sovereignty of Hind be the heritage of the Shamsi family, Praise be to God, a second I-yal-timish, of its sons art thou. When the whole world saw thee, that, by right, thou art the kingdom’s heir, They made thy diadem their kiblah-gah, for thou art all-powerful and wise. Like as Minhaj-i-Saraj’s, for thee the creation’s prayer is this ‘O God! mayest thou on the kingdom’s throne to eternity continue: Straight like the spear may the universe during thy reign become, So that, save in the hair-tuft of thy standard, no one may disorder behold.’” When Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Aet-kin, became Deputy by virtue of his deputy-ship, he took the affairs of the kingdom into his own hands, and, in conjunction with the Wazir, the Nizam-ul-Mulk, the Khwajah, Muhazzab-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-’Iwaz, the Mustaufi assumed control over the disposal of state affairs. After a month or two had passed away, this fact began to press heavily upon the noble mind of Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din;