The Nāṣirī Generations 244.3.7

244.3.7

Ulugh Khan-i-Azam, with due reverence and submission to command, complied, and repeated the saying: ‘‘The slave and what he possesses is the property of his master,’’ and that union became completed by the sacred knot, on Monday, the 20th of the month of Rabi'-ul-Akhir, 647 H., and the verse, “He hath let loose the two seas which meet together .... Out of them come forth pearls and coral,” was made manifest. May the Most High God, during the lifetime of the Sultan-i-A'zam, and high position of Ulugh Khan-i-Mu’azzam, continue those Princes, in the Shamsi dominion and sovereignty, life-heirs of the whole of the monarchs, for the sake of Muhammad and the whole of his house! After such a propitious event happened, which must have been the result of the felicitous conjunction of the stars, the status of Ulugh Khan was raised, from the rank of Malik and Amir-i-Hajib, to the dignity and eminent position of Khan, and on Tuesday, the 3rd of the month of Rajab, 647 H., [a mandate] issued from the sublime Court, conferring the Deputy-ship of the kingdom and leader-ship of the forces, with the title and name of Ulugh Khan [the Great Lord], upon that incomparable individual of august disposition, and, in truth, one might say, “titles come down from Heaven;” for, from that day forward, the Nasiri rule acquired additional freshness from the zealous services, and heroism, of Ulugh Khan.