The Nāṣirī Generations 244.9.6

244.9.6

Thou mightest with truth say that that assembly was as a heaven full of stars, or like a firmament teeming with planets. The sovereign of the universe on the throne appeared as a sun from the fourth heaven, with Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam in attendance as a shining moon, kneeling upon the knees of veneration and reverence, the Maliks in rows like unto revolving planets, and the Turks in their gold and gem-studded girdles like unto stars innumerable. In short, all this arrangement, and preparation, and [these] different matters, were carried out with the approval, and wise counsel, and sagacious conception of Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam, for, although the Sultan of Sultans, in conformity with the Prophet's sayings, accords to him the position of a father, nevertheless he is more obedient and submissive than a thousand newly-purchased slaves. So the emissaries, after their reception, were conducted, after receiving various marks of favour, and different benefits were conferred upon them, to the assigned place prepared for their residence. It is necessary at this place to mention what was the motive of the arrival of these emissaries from the country of Khurasan, and from Hula’u [Hulaku] Khan, the Mughal, and how it fell out.