The Nāṣirī Generations 272.1

272.1

Tushi was the eldest of the Chingiz Khan's sons, and was exceedingly energetic, intrepid, manly, and warlike ; and his greatness was to that degree that his father used to stand in awe of him. In the year 615 H., when Sultan Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah, had gone forth to devastate the tribes of Kadr Khan of Turkistan, who was the son of Safaktan-i-Yamak, Tushi likewise, from the side of Tamghaj had advanced [with an army] in that direction, and had been engaged in a conflict with the army of the Khwarazm Shah for a night and a day, as has been previously mentioned in the account of the Khwarazm Shah. At this time, when Sultan Muhammad fled from the banks of the Jihun and the neighbourhood of Balkh, the Chingiz Khan despatched his sons Tushi and Chagatai, with a great army, towards Khwarazm. He [Tushi] proceeded thither with that army, and appeared before the gate of [the capital city of] Khwarazm, and the fighting commenced. For a period of four months, the people of Khwarazm continued to resist the Mughals, and to 'fight against those infidels. At last, they took the of that day, and withdrew at night. Next day, when Juji and his brothers arrived with the remainder of the great host, they made a perambulation of the city, and a person was despatched to summon the defenders to submit to the yoke of the Mughals, and open the gates. This was refused, upon which the Mughals completely invested the city, and made preparations for besieging it.