The Nāṣirī Generations 244.8.8

244.8.8

— and all the Maliks, Amirs, Sadrs, men of rank and position, and the inhabitants of the city, came out to the plain of the Hauz-i-Rani [the Rani’s Reservoir], and drew up in lines, extending from the Bagh-i-Jud [the Jud Garden] to the Rani’s Reservoir, and hastened in the footsteps of loyalty to meet and do honour to the sublime standards which accompanied Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam. The Sultan of Sultans — God long preserve his sovereignty! — at the head of the Rani’s Reservoir, on the exalted seat of the throne of sovereignty, held an audience, and Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam, with the Maliks and Amirs of the force, arrayed in robes of honour conferred by Ulugh Khan himself, attained the honour of kissing the threshold of the place of audience, so that one might say, from the various coloured robes, of satin, silk, brocade, gold and silver tissue, and other expensive textures, and gold embroidered tunics and other garments, that that plain bloomed like a thousand flower gardens. All these Grandees, Maliks, Amirs, incomparable champions and warriors of the force, one day previous to this, in their own quarters, had donned these honorary dresses from out of the lordly treasury of Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam— May it never cease being replete with riches and spoils !