The Nāṣirī Generations 244.10.6

244.10.6

This fact being brought to the august hearing of Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam, he despatched intelligencers, informers, and spies, so that they reconnoitred the remaining positions of the rebels, and made thorough inquiry as to the present whereabouts of those vagabonds. On Monday, the 24th of the month of Rajab, 658 H., Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam, mounted with his own following, the forces of [the contingents composing] the centre [division], and other troops of the Maliks and warriors, issued from Dihli and pushed on towards the Koh-payah, in suchwise that, in one march, he proceeded about fifty kuroh or more, came unexpectedly upon that gathering, captured the whole of them, and put about 12,000 persons, consisting of men and women, and their children, to the sword. All the passes, defiles, and the crests of the hills, were purified of the bodies of the rebels by the wounds of the swords of the Auxiliaries of the Truth, and much booty was captured. Praise be unto God for this victory of Islam, and honour to its votaries ! This much, which had been witnessed of that dynasty by the author, came under the pen of sincerity — from readers and examiners he is hopeful of benediction, and, from the possessors of dominion, hopeful of honour, that which is hoped for through God the Beneficent, and that asked for through God the Merciful — in the month of Shawwal, in the year 658 H.