The Nāṣirī Generations 237.9

237.9

[He must be put among the Sultans then, for he ruled some years. The “official text ” here kills the wrong man. It was ’Izz-ud-Din, Balban-i-Yuz-Baki, who was made captive by Arsalan Khan-i-Sanjar, and “some say was put to death.” The certainty of this is proved from the fact that Tatar Khan, who now follows in Mr. Blochmann’s list, was Arsalan Khan-i-Sanjar’s son.] “Muhammad Arsalan Tatar Khan, son of Arsalan Khan Sanjar. He had been for some time governor, when the emperor Balban ascended the throne [664]. Barani, p. 66. After a few years he was succeeded by — that country, and of the events which happened in those parts, is here recorded. May Almighty God have mercy on that great Khan, and long preserve the Sultan of Sultans!