The Nāṣirī Generations 271.3.3

271.3.3

and, when Shidarku, Badshah of Tingkut or Kashin—he is styled so indiscriminately—according to the terms agreed upon, left his capital, the city of Irtakia, and drew near the Mughal camp, the Nu-yins and Amirs came forth to receive him, and escorted him and his train, as though about to lead him to the presence of the Chingiz Khan, but, on their arriving within a short distance of the Urdu, a body of Mughals, posted for the purpose, fell upon Shidarku and his followers, and butchered the whole of them. An army was then despatched to Irtakia, which the Mughals entered, plundered, and massacred its inhabitants, and then desolated the country round. Such is Alfi’s account.