The Nāṣirī Generations 203.2

203.2

When the Sultan of Islam, Nasir-ud-Din, Mahmud Shah, set out from Dihli towards Bhara'ij on that fief being assigned to him [by his nephew, Sultan 'Ala-ud-Din, Mas'ud Shah], his mother, the Malikah-i-Jahan, Jalal-ud-Dunya wa ud-Din — may her prosperity endure — accompanied him. He undertook many expeditions against the infidels in that territory and the mountains [adjacent]; and the province of Bhara'ij, through his auspicious arrival there, assumed a most flourishing condition. When, on account of those holy expeditions, and the flourishing condition [of the province], the fame of his government became diffused through the different parts of Hindustan, the Maliks and Amirs of the kingdom, having become apprehensive of Sultan 'Ala-ud-Din, Mas'ud Shah, secretly despatched, to his presence, a written petition [to the effect] that, if the sacred footstep should turn towards the capital, Dihli, it would be a source of congratulation.