The Nāṣirī Generations 258.7.1

258.7.1

After the capture of Ilran-dujz and I-lal, and the death of the Sultan, had become known to the Mughal Nu-yins, Jabah [Yamah] and Swidae [Sahudah], they despatched an agent to the camp of the Chingiz Khan to inform him thereof, and to intimate that the late Sultan's son, Sultan Jalal-ud-Din, was coming in his direction; that they themselves were thus relieved of any responsibility respecting them; and would now proceed to carry out the rest of his instructions by pushing on into 'Irak and Mazandaran, and would rejoin him, within the prescribed time, by way of the Dar-band of Shirwan, and the Dasht-i-Kibchak. Where the Mughals wintered—for it was mid-winter when they heard of the Sultan's death—if they went into winter-quarters, is not precisely stated, but it must have been in the north-western part of Khurasan; and as soon as the season opened in the following year—618 H.—Jabah [Yamah] set out towards Rai by way of Khowaf. Having reached it, expecting he should be unable to take it alone, he summoned Swidae [Sahudah] to join him. There were, however, unknown to them, allies within the walls. The inhabitants of Rai were divided into two religious factions, the Hanifis and the Sha'fis. The former had, not long before, burnt a masjid belonging to their rivals, upon which, when it became known that the Mughals were coming, the Kazi of the Sha'fis, and a number of his party, hastened forth to welcome them.