The Nāṣirī Generations 267.3

267.3

In the upper part of it are chambers hewn in the solid rock which they call Arashi [after Arash], and Amir Nasr, the Tulaki, sunk a well, in the upper part of the fortress; and the diameter of the well will be about twenty gaz [ells], and it is excavated in the solid rock. The water, however much is drawn from it, shows no decrease, and its depth is immense. The fortress is of great strength, and lies between Ghur and Khurasan. When Sultan Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah, came to Balkh, Habashi-i-Nezahwar, with the troops of Tulak, proceeded to Balkh also, and presented himself before the sublime threshold [of that monarch]. He was directed to return to Tulak, and put the fortress in order and make preparation for opposing the Mughals. After he returned from thence, in the beginning of the year 617 H., on several occasions, bodies of Mughal horsemen came to the foot of the fortress, and made raids in its neighbourhood; and, in the year 618 H., the Nu-in, Fiku, who was a son-in-law of the Chingiz Khan, and who commanded a force of 40,000 Mughal cavalry, and troops of other races, appeared at the foot of the fortress of Tulak with a numerous army.