The Nāṣirī Generations 238.1

238.1

Malik 'Izz-ud-Din, Balban, is a native of Kipchak, and had been specially honoured by his sovereign [See note 8, page 641], hence he records it in the Bihar inscription, in which the words "Tughril-us-Sultani" with ya-i-nisbat, merely show, as in Mu'izzi, Kutbi, Shamsi, &c., that he was a slave of the reigning dynasty, as shown at page 736. Under the events of the 13th year of Sultan Nasir-ud-Din, Mahmud Shah's reign, it is stated that, on the 18th of Zi-Ka'dah the last month 656 H., the kingdom of Lakhanawati was conferred upon Malik Jalal-ud-Din, Mas'ud Shah, son of the late Malik 'Ala-ud-Din, Jani—the same, who, in the List of Maliks at the end of Sultan Shams-ud-Din, I-yal-timish's reign, is called "Prince of Turkistan," and who was made ruler of Lakhanawati at the close of the Khalj dynasty, as already related, and subsequently held Lahor, rebelled, and was slain in 634. See page 640. Afterwards, in the account of the 14th year of Nasir-ud-Din, Mahmud Shah's reign, it is mentioned that, on the 4th of the month of Jamadi-ul-Akhir, 657 H., two elephants, treasure, &c., reached the capital from Lakhanawati, but who the sender was is not mentioned.