The Nāṣirī Generations 282.3

282.3

On this mandate having been written out, they brought it to Kyuk, and he impressed it with vermilion, which [impression], in the Turki language, they call Al-i-Tamghaj. Accordingly he delivered this mandate to [one of] those Mughal Tarsas, saying: “Do ye transmit this mandate into all parts of the empire, and use the utmost efforts in so doing:” When that accursed base one, who held that tyrannical mandate in his hand, was issuing from the place of audience in great glee and confidence, there was a dog which they used constantly to keep there, and which was wont to be near the throne, at the sides, and in the precincts of the dais, and the sovereign's exclusive seat; and on the animal’s golden collar, studded with precious stones, was impressed a brand denoting its being the royal property. It was a dog, which, in courage and fierceness, greatly exceeded and far surpassed a thousand roaring lions and howling tigers [!]. This dog was in Kyuk’s place of audience, and, like unto a wolf upon a sheep, or fire among wild rue seeds, it seized hold of that impious Tuni, flung him to the ground, and then, with its teeth, tore out that base creature's genitals from the roots; and, by the Heavenly power and Divine help, at once, killed him, and the imprecation, according to the hadis, which Mustafa—on whom be peace!—had pronounced upon the son of Abu Lahb: ‘‘O God! let one of thy dogs defile him!” was fulfilled upon that accursed wretch of a priest.