The Nāṣirī Generations 278.3

278.3

and that every year he would send, for the Ka'an's use, 2000 suits of clothes of various delicate colours, such as, in the atmosphere of those northern parts, it was impossible to produce, equal in colours and texture to those of Khurasan. Uktae, accordingly, despatched him; and he was allowed to take fifty of his people along with him, and was also furnished with a mandate to collect people from all parts of Khurasan, and locate them at Hirat. 'Izz-ud-Din set out; and, on the arrival of the exiles in the neighbourhood of Hirat, the Khatib, Sharaf-ud-Din, and the others, who had been living in concealment, came forth to meet them, and conducted them into Hirat; and they set about its restoration. Having made some progress, in the following year [636 H.], the Provost, 'Izz-ud-Din, set out for the camp of the Ka'an to arrange certain matters in connexion with the restoration of the city, and made a request that he might be permitted to remove to Hirat his own family, and Khurasan, the Nu-in, Anban, and the Nu-in, Niku-dar, and the troops which were in the territory of Ghur and Khurasan, marched towards Ghaznin. Previous to this they had driven from Bamin Malik Saif-ud-Din, Hasan, the Karlugh, and had entered into a stipulation with him for payment of tribute, but, notwithstanding this, they were desirous of getting Malik Saif-ud-Din, Hasan, the Karlugh, into their hands, and they had been unable to effect their object.