The Nāṣirī Generations 244.8.4

244.8.4

When that contumacious rebel committed this act, an infinite load weighed upon the dear heart of Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam, and all the Maliks and Amirs and warriors of the troops of Islam—May God ever accord victory to them! Nevertheless, it was impossible to chastise that sedition by reason of anxiety [consequent] on the appearance of the Mughal army which continued to harass the frontier tracts of the dominions of Islam, namely, the territory of Sind, Lohor, and the line of the river Biah, until, at this period, emissaries of Khurasan [coming] from the side of Irak from Hulau [Hulaku], the Mughal, who was the son of Tuli, son of Chingiz Khan, had arrived in the neighbourhood of the capital. Command was given that the emissaries’ party should be detained at the halting-places of Barutah, and that vicinity; and Ulugh Khan-i-Azam, and other Maliks, with the forces of the Court, and the [contingent] troops of the [different] Maliks suddenly and unexpectedly, resolved upon an advance into the Koh-payah [hill-tracts of Mewat].