The Nāṣirī Generations 198.4

198.4

and, when Sultan Raziyyat, along with Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Altuniah, from Tabarhindah, determined to move towards Dihli, and revoked that intention, and withdrew, and Sultan Raziyyat and Altuniah attained martyrdom at the hands of the Hindus, as has previously been recorded, the affairs of Malik Badr-ud-Din, Sunkar, took a new turn. Moreover, because, in the execution of his own mandates, and the administration of the affairs of the kingdom, he did not possess the authority of the Sultan of Islam, and used to seek to acquire superiority over the Wazir, the Nizam-ul-Mulk, Muhazzab-ud-Din, and used to issue his own orders, the Wazir, secretly, was in the habit of influencing the Sultan’s disposition against Malik Badr-ud-Din, Sunkar, to such degree, that the Sultan’s temper became quite changed towards him.