The Nāṣirī Generations 244.10.4

244.10.4

When the Hajib, 'Ali, was dismissed, on his return, the Shahnah [Intendant] of the Milkat [territory] of Banian, who was the son of Amir Yagh-rash, a famous person, and a respected Musalman, was nominated by Hula'u to accompany him, and Hula'u sent orders to the Mughal forces which would be under the standard of Sari [Sali], the Nu-in, saying: “If the hoof of a horse of your troops shall have entered the ground of the dominions of the Sultan of Sultans, Nasir-ud-Dunya wa ud-Din, Mahmud Shah—God perpetuate his reign!—the command unto you is this, that all four feet of such horse be lopped off.” Such like security did the Most High God miraculously vouchsafe unto the kingdom of Hindustan through the felicity attending the rectitude of the Ulugh-Khani counsels. When the emissaries reached the capital, the sovereign of Islam, in requital and return for that honour which Hula’u, the Mughal, had been pleased to show towards the Hajib of this Court, conformable with the saying, “Verily the reward of kindness should be nought save kindness”—great favour was lavished upon his emissaries likewise. This [which has been related] was the reason of the arrival of the emissaries of Khurasan and the troops of Turkistan.