The Nāṣirī Generations 261.1.3

261.1.3

In the year 617 H., Malik Khan of Hirat, as above stated, Ghaznah were then collected together, encamped within half a farsang of the city ; and the Shams-ul-Mulk and Salah-ud-Din, who were among them, conspired against Muhammad, son of ’Ali-i-Khar-post. They invited him to a feast, at a garden near by, when Salah-ud-Din, seizing the opportunity, stabbed him with his dagger and slew him. After having killed the Khar-post, the Shams-ul-Mulk, and Salah-ud-Din, before the deed became known, succeeded in throwing themselves into the city, and secured the citadel ; and the Ghuris became disunited, and, after two or three days, Yamin Malik [the Yamin-ul-Mulk] arrived at Ghaznah and assumed authority. Soon after came news that the Chingiz Khan had reached Tal-ikan, and 2000 or 3000 Mughals— 20,000 or 30,000 more likely — came in search of Yamin Malik [the Yamin-ul-Mulk] by way of the Garm-sir. He sallied out with a body of troops to encounter them ; but they, finding him too strong for them, did not venture to stand against him, and made a hasty retreat. Yamin Malik [the Yamin-ul-Mulk] pursued them as far as Bust and Tigin-abad ; but the Mughals had gone off in the direction of Hirat, and he, by way of Kusdar, proceeded into the Shoristan-— the Salt Desert between Hirat, the Kuhistan, and Sijistan.