The Nāṣirī Generations 202: THE SHAMSIAH SULTANS OF HIND.

202

His Maliks:
On the right:—
Malik-al-Kabir, Jalal-ud-Din, Kulich Khan, son of [the late] Malik ’Ala-ud-Din, Jani-i-Ghazi, Malik of Lakhanawati and Karah.
Malik-al-Kabir, Nusrat-ud-Din, Sher Khan, Sunkar-i-Saghalsus, Malik of Sind and of Hind.
Malik Saif-ud-Din, Bat Khan-i-I-bak, the Khita-i, Malik of Kuhram.
Malik Iktiyar-ud-Din, Buktam-i-Aor Khan.
Malik Nasir-ud-Din [Taj-ud-Din ?], Arsalan Khan, Sanjar-i-Chast, Malik of Awadh.
Malik Saif-ud-Din, I-bak-i-Balka Khan, Sanai.
Malik Tamur Khan-i-Sunkar, the Ajami, Malik of Kuhram.
Malik Iktiyar-ud-Din, Yuz-Bak-i-Tughril Khan, the late, Malik of Lakhanawati.
Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Mahmud, Tughril-i-Alb Khan.
On the left:—
Malik-al-Kabir-ul-Mu'azzam, Kutb-ud-Din, Husain, son of Ali, the Ghuri.
Malik Izz-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Salari, Mahdi.
Malik Izz-ud-Din, Tughril-i-Tughan Khan, Malik of Lakhanawati.
Malik-al-Karim, Kamar-ud-Din, Tamur Khan-i-Ki-ran, Malik of Awadh and Lakhanawati.
Malik-al-Kabir, Izz-ud-Din, Balban-i-Kashlu Khan, Malik of Sind and of Hind.
Malik Kara-Kush Khan-i-Aet-kin, Malik of Lohor.
Malik-al-Kabir-ul-Mu’azzam, Baha-ul-Hakk wa ud-Din, Ghiyas-ud-Din, Balban-i-Ulugh Khan, Malik of the Siwalikh and Hansi.
Malik Saif-ud-Din, I-bak-i-Kashli Khan, Mubarak-i-Bar-Bak, the late.
Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Kuret Khan, Malik of Awadh.
Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Tez Khan, Malik of Awadh.
Such attributes of the saints, and endowments of the prophets, which the Most High God hath implanted in the great soul of this monarch and son of a monarch, and instilled into his august nature — piety, faith, probity, abstinence, compassion, clemency, mercy, beneficence, impartiality, bounty, generosity, humility, purity, constancy, steadfastness, fasting and prayer, the perusal of the Holy Word, forbearance, gentleness, benevolence, harmlessness, justness, the love of the learned and of learning, regard for ecclesiastics, along with other admirable principles and inestimable qualities which are the requirements of sovereignty and principles of government, such as vigour, dignity, manliness, ardour, spirit, impartiality, kindness, liberality, and the conferring of obligations, with the concurrence of the people of the time — will not be found united in the person of any of the monarchs among the Sultans of by-gone days, or of the Maliks of past ages — The Almighty sanctify their tombs! — and the purity of the garment, and [other] admirable qualities, both external and internal, of this Sultan, and son of the Sultan — The Almighty exalt his dignity and enlighten his understanding! — are so abundant that they cannot be comprised within record or recital. The Almighty God preserve him on the throne of his dominion continual and perpetual!
Inasmuch as the accession of this Sultan, the son of the Sultan, to the throne of dominion took place in the beginning of the year 644 H., — the Almighty perpetuate his sovereignty! — and that up to the period of this Chronicle will be fifteen years, each year thereof has been separated, in order that the events may be more accessible to the understanding.