The Nāṣirī Generations 220.2

220.2

When Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Husain, was put to death by the Turks of Ghaznin, his sons, namely Sher Khan-i-Surkhi [the Red], and his brother, reached the presence of the sublime Court, and Sultan Shams-ud-Din, I-yal-timish, purchased 'Izz-ud-Din, Kabir Khan-i-Ayaz, direct from them. Some have related on this wise, that, when the august Sultan brought the territory of Multan under his sway in the year 625 H., he conferred upon 'Izz-ud-Din, Kabir Khan-i-Ayaz, the city and fortress of Multan, with the whole of its towns, districts, and dependencies, and installed him in the government of that territory, and exalted him to the title of Kabir Khan-i-Man-girni; and, although he used to be styled by people Ayaz-i-Hazar-Mardah—the name he was famed by—he, consequently, became celebrated under the title of Kabir Khan-i-Man-girni. On the return of the Sultan [with his forces] to Dihli, the capital, Kabir Khan-i-Ayaz took possession of that territory and brought it under his jurisdiction, and caused it to flourish; and, after a period of two, three, or four years, he was recalled to the capital, and Palwal was assigned to him for his maintenance.