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TAJ-UD-DIN, SANJAR-I-GAJZ-LAK KHAN. ### [219.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.219.1) The arrival of the author \[of this history\] at the Court — the asylum of the world — of the beneficent king of kings \[I-yal-timish\] took place on Wednesday, the 1st of the month of Rabi'-ul-Awwal, 625 H., before \[the walls of\] the preserved city of Uchchah, at the period when the Shamsi forces had marched from the capital city of Dihli for the purpose of taking possession of the kingdom of Sind, and had turned their faces towards that country. Fifteen days prior to this, the victorious troops of that monarch, comprising the force under Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Gajz-lak Khan — The Almighty's mercy be upon him! — had arrived before Uchchah; and the first personage among the Maliks of that Court who was seen by the author was Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Gajz-lak Khan. When, on Wednesday, the 16th of the month of Safar, the author proceeded from the city of Uchchah, and reached the camp of the victorious \[forces\], that Malik of good disposition treated him with reverence, and rose from his masnad, and went through the ceremonial of receiving him, and came to meet him, and seated the author in his own place, and put a rosy apple into his hand, and observed: "Take this Maulana, that it may be a good omen." I found Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Gajz-lak Khan, a Malik of sufficiently formidable aspect, his form of magnitude, and his piety pure, and with a numerous suite, and followers countless. ### [219.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.219.2) Trustworthy persons have related on this wise, that the august Sultan \[I-yal-timish\] purchased Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Gajz-lak Khan, during the reign of the late Sultan, Kutb-ud-Din, I-bak, from the Khwajah, 'Ali, the Bastabadi \[of Bastabad\], when he held the government of the fief of Baran, and gave him to his eldest son, the late Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Mahmud Shah, and in the hall of felicity, along with him, was he nurtured and brought up. After some time, when the Sultan perceived signs of merit upon his forehead, he removed him from attendance on Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Mahmud Shah, and took him into his own immediate service, and gave him the office of Chashni-gir \[Comptroller of the \[royal\] Kitchen\]. After serving \[in this office\] for some time, he became Amir-i-Akhur \[Lord or Head of the Stables\]. Subsequently, in the year in which the Sultan proceeded towards Multan, namely, in 625 H., the territory of Wanj-rut of Multan was made over to him. When the Sultan returned from thence, he conferred upon Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Gajz-lak Khan, the fief of Kuhram. After some time, the preserved city of Tabarhindah was given to him, and, in that year, the author reached the Court. The Sultan had despatched him \[Gajz-lak Khan\] in advance, at the head of a force, in concert with Malik 'Izz-ud- Din, Muhammad-i-Salari — The Almighty’s mercy be upon him!— from the frontier of the territory of Sind to the foot \[of the walls\] of Uchchah. ### [219.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.219.3) When Sultan Shams-ud-Din \[I-yal-timish\], with his army, pitched his camp before the fortress of Uchchah, in the year 625 H., Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Gajz-lak Khan, was despatched \[at the head of a force\] in attendance on the Wazir of the realm, the Nizam-ul-Mulk, Muhammad, the Junaidi, against the fortress of Bakhar. After some time, that fortress was taken, and Malik \[Sultan\] Nasir-ud-Din, Kaba-jah — The Almighty’s mercy be on him! — was drowned in the river Sind, and the fortress fell into their hands, as has been before recorded. The preserved city of Uchchah, with its dependencies and territories, was all placed in Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar’s charge. When the Sultan with his forces returned towards the glorious capital, Dihli, Malik Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Gajz-lak Khan, assumed jurisdiction over those territories, and caused them to flourish and prosper; and he brought the scattered people, both gentle and simple, together, who dwelt happily under the justice and benevolence of this Malik of good disposition. He continued to pursue the beaten track of impartiality and kindness towards all, and exerted his powers for the security, safety, and repose of the peasantry, and the welfare of all \[the people\]; and, after some time, under the safeguard of faith, and alms for pious uses, charitable foundations, and works of public utility, he came to a happy end, and was removed from the house of this world to the mansions of life eternal, in the year 629 H. ### [219.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.219.4) The Almighty’s mercy and pardon be upon him! --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.219) · Pramāṇa