The Nāṣirī Generations 266.2

266.2

and on the top of the rock is the plateau of four leagues or more [in area ?]. In the fortress are seven wells which they have excavated in the solid rock, and in each of these is so much perennial water that, however much of it is expended, it does not diminish ; and, in the middle of the fortress, is an extensive plain. The sons of Abu-Bikr who were the champions of Sultan Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah, two brothers, two heroes of renown, and, in themselves, two huge elephants of war — were the seneschals of that fortress. Trustworthy persons have related that both the brothers, in stature, were so tall that, when they used to accompany Sultan Muhammad Khwarazm Shah [on horseback], in procession, with their hands placed on his stirrup, their heads rose a head higher than that of the Sultan ; and the two brothers were famed for their valour and high spirit, and they were the Amirs [governors] of the fortress. During these events the Ikhtiyar-ul-Mulk, Daulat Yar, the Tughra-i, who was one of the rulers in the Khwarazm-Shahi empire, had also entered the fortress of Kal-yun.