The Nāṣirī Generations 220.1

220.1

Malik Kabir Khan-i-Ayaz was a Rumi Turk, and he had been the slave of Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Husain, the Amir-i-Shikar [Chief Huntsman] of Ghaznin, and, after he was put to death, Kabir Khan-i-Ayaz, along with his children, reached the country of Hindustan. He attracted the benevolent notice of the august Sultan [I-yal-timish], and served him in every degree of employment. He was a Turk, wise, prudent, and experienced, and, in agility and martial accomplishments, was the incomparable of his time. Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Husain, the Amir-i-Shikar of Ghaznin, who was his owner and lord, was the theme of every tongue throughout the whole of the countries of Ghur, Ghaznin, Khurasan, and Khwarazm, for warlike powers and skill; and Malik Kabir Khan-i-Ayaz had accompanied his master, in all circumstances and situations, and had learnt from him martial accomplishments and the modes of warfare, and had become a perfect master in the art.