The Nāṣirī Generations 244.6.6

244.6.6

When the report of that came to the sublime hearing, the royal standards, in the beginning of the month of Rabi'-ul-Awwal, 655 H., moved towards Santur, and Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam, with his own personal forces, and the Maliks of the Court [with their troops], used great exertions in those mountains, and carried on holy war, as by the faith enjoined, in the defiles of the hills and passes, and on the crests of the mountains of Santur, in describing which the eye of intellect would be bewildered, gained the advantage [over the infidels], and penetrated as far as the fort and territory of Silmur [i. e. Sirmur] which is in the possession of that great Rae. All the Raes round about pay homage to him and do his bidding. He fled before the army of Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam ; and the whole of the market-place and city [town ?] of Silmur was plundered by the Musalman troops. The followers of Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam acquired power over a place where the troops of Islam, in any reign, had never before penetrated ; and, by the grace of the favour of the Creator, the Glorious, the Most High, and the aid of the Divine assistance, with great booty, Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam [with his forces] reached the sublime presence, and the illustrious capital, Dihli, under the shadow of the august standards of the kingdom, on the 25th of the month of Rabi’-ul-Akhir, 655 H.