The Nāṣirī Generations 287.1.3

287.1.3

To return to Mangu and the He related to the Ka'an—or manufactured for him—such atrocities on the part of the heretics—as might be expected from one so orthodox as himself—that Mangu was amazed; and he resolved in his mind that he would utterly destroy that sect. Having observed indications of capacity and fitness for sovereignty on the brow of his brother, Hulaku, he determined to nominate him to carry out his intention, and at the same time to take possession of, and secure, the territories to the west of Iran-Zamin—the real object in view, of course—namely, Sham, Rum, and Arman. Hulaku having been nominated, he was informed that the forces along with the Nu-yin, Tanju, and those lately under Jurmaghun, which had been previously despatched into Iran Zamin, all appertained to him; and likewise, in the same way, those which had been sent into Hindustan under the Bahadur, Ta-ir, after his death, came under the command of the Tattar Nu-yin, Sali. Sali, according to the Pro-Mughal writers, had subdued the country of Kashmir, and several thousand Kashmiri captives had been sent by him to the Ka'an’s urdu. There is still a Sali ki Sarae on the route from Rawal Pindi to Khanpur, an old place, and formerly of some importance. See page 844, where Sali is mentioned, and page 1135 Ta-ir’s death.