The Nāṣirī Generations 244.10.2

244.10.2

When the Hajib, 'Ali, reached the khittah [district or country] of Banian, the report of his coming from the borders of Dihli, on a mission, having become published and disseminated among the Mughal Shahnagan [Intendants], and the gentle and simple of that territory, Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Muhammad, son of Hasan, the Karlugh, had to send him, perforce towards 'Irak and Azarbaijan, to the presence of Hula'u, the Mughal, and he [Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Muhammad, son of Hasan], of his own accord, and without the sanction of this Court [the Court of Dihli], indited letters as from the dear tongue of Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam, and, sending some small present along with the Hajib, 'Ali, despatched him along with confidential persons of his own.