The Nāṣirī Generations 236.5

236.5

The following year, however, Malik Yuz-Bak asked assistance from the Court of Dihli, and, then, marched an army from Lakhanawati into the territory of Umurdan, and, unexpectedly, reached the Rae's capital, which city [town] they style Umurdan. The Rae of that place retired before Malik Yuz-Bak, and the whole of the Rae's family, dependents, and followers, and his wealth, and elephants, fell into the hands of the Musalman forces. On his return to Lakhanawati, Malik Yuz-Bak began to act contumaciously towards the Court, and assumed three canopies of state, red, black, and white. He then marched an army from Lakhanawati towards Awadh, and entered the city of Awadh; and directed that the Khutbah should be read for him, and styled himself Sultan Mughis-ud-Din. After a couple of weeks, one among the Turkish Amirs, belonging to the troops of the sovereign which were [located] in the vicinity of [the territory of] Awadh, unawares, pushed forward into Awadh [giving out] that the Sultan’s troops were at hand. Malik Yuz-Bak, discomfited, embarked on board a vessel and returned to Lakhanawati again.