The Nāṣirī Generations 244.9.7

244.9.7

The facts of the matter are these, that Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Muhammad, son of Malik Hasan the Karlugh—The Almighty’s mercy be upon him!—perhaps, entertained a strong inclination to cause a pearl from the oyster shell of his family to be transferred to the string of marriage to Shah, the son of Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam, in order that, through that union, he [Nasir-ud-Din, Muhammad] might display his glory over the Maliks of the time and the great rulers of the world, and that that connexion might be a means of strength to him, and a source of security. On this subject he wrote secretly and confidentially, to one of the servants of the household of Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam, and endeavoured to obtain an inkling as to the possibility of the [proposed] connexion, and intimated that he himself would, under this veil, submit the matter for the august consideration of Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam, by way of sincerity and duty. As Malik Nasir-ud-Din, Muhammad, son of Hasan the Karlugh, was one of the illustrious Maliks of his day, it became necessary, on the part of Ulugh Khan, to give an answer on the subject, and his consent to the connexion. He, accordingly, directed one of the middle rank among his retinue to bear the answer to this request, and that bearer, a Khalj, they used to style by the name of the Hajib-i-Ajall [the most worthy Chamberlain], Jamal-ud-Din, ’Ali.