The Nāṣirī Generations 244.2.7

244.2.7

After such a success came to pass, Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam represented that it was advisable that the royal forces should move towards the river Sudharah, in order that their strength, their number, valour, and energy might be established in the hearts and minds of the enemy, and, according to that counsel, the army marched to the banks of the river Sudharah, until, on the 27th of the month of Shawwal, 643 H., the army set out from the banks of the Sudharah on its return to the capital, Dihli, which was reached on Monday, the 12th of the month of Zi-Hijjah, of the same year. During this short time, the disposition of Sultan 'Ala-ud-Din, Mas'ud Shah, received a change towards the Maliks; and, for the greater part of that [time] that he was wont to be invisible to the army, malignity had become established in his mind. The whole of the Maliks, in league together, wrote secretly and surreptitiously, and tendered their allegiance to Sultan Nasir-ud-Din, Mahmud Shah, and besought him to put his august standards in motion [towards the capital], for the purpose of assuming the sovereignty. On Sunday, the 23rd of the month of Muharram, 644 H., he reached the capital accordingly, and ascended the throne of sovereignty — May he be preserved for many years!