The Nāṣirī Generations 204.4

204.4

There was a Ranah in those mountains and that tract [of country] which they were wont to call Dalki and Malki with numerous dependents, and fighting men beyond compute, and possessing dominions and wealth unlimited, and strong places, and defiles and passes of excessive strength, the whole of which he [Ulugh Khan] devastated, and captured all the dependents, together with the women and children of that accursed one, and obtained great booty. Of one description of horses alone, fifteen hundred head fell into the hands of the Musalman forces, and, from this, one may infer the extent of other booty. After he [Ulugh Khan] thus felicitously had rejoined the sublime Court, all expressed exultation at these successes; and the imperial standards, on Thursday, the 12th of the month of Zi-Hijjah, 645 H., returned from that territory [Karah]. On this march, Malik Jalal-ud-Din, Mas'ud Shah, who was the feudatory of Kinnauj, and the Sultan's brother, presented himself at the Court. He accomplished [the ceremony of] kissing the sublime hand, and returned; and the army of Islam and the imperial standards, by regular marches, continued moving towards the illustrious capital, Dihli, until the