The Nāṣirī Generations 263.2.1

263.2.1

The body of Turk cavalry, detached by the Majir-ul-Mulk, pushed on as far as Sarakhs; and, on their appearance there, the Musalmans seized the Kazi, Shams-ud-Din, who had taken offerings to Jabah [Yamah] and Swidae [Sahudah], and had assumed the authority there, and made him over to a man whose father the Kazi had caused to be put to death unjustly, who slew him according to the law of retaliation. All noise respecting the Mughal armies now became suspended—it was the calm preceding the hurricane, however—and the Majir-ul-Mulk gave himself up to pleasure and revelry, drinking, and other unlawful acts. At this juncture, Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, a Turkman, who was Hakim of Amuyah, came to Marw, and reported that the Mughal forces were coming, that they had reached the Amu, and were then investing Kala’-i-Nau. Although the Majir-ul-Mulk received him with great distinction, nevertheless Ikhtiyar-ud-Din was hostile to him—on account of his remissness probably, at such a crisis—and he went and took up his quarters with the Turkmans. Soon after 800 Mughal horsemen came in search of Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, and threw themselves upon the Turkmans. At this juncture, Shaikh Khan, and Aghul, the Hajib, who arrived with 2000 men from the side of Khwarazm, laid an ambuscade for the Mughals, slew the greater part of them, and took sixty of them captive who were paraded about Marw, and then put to a cruel death.