The Nāṣirī Generations 287.2.3

287.2.3

and, from the Jihun of Amuiah, to the extreme frontier of Misr, and Maghrib, to protect and cherish all who submitted to him, but to exterminate all those who did not, and to trample them into the dust of destruction, women, children, and all [“in the true Circassian style”], and to commence with the fortresses of the Mulahidahs in the Kuhistan. He was then to march into ’Iraq, and remove off the face of the earth the Lurs — a tribe of nomads so-called — and the Kurds, whose misdeeds [in not submitting to the ameliorating Mughals, and which hardy race have, in these days, given offence, in the same way, to another “ameliorator,” and are to be exterminated as early as practicable] never ceased ; then to call upon the Khalifah of Baghdad to submit ; and, if he should do so, not to molest him in the least ; but, if he showed arrogance, and refused, to send him to join the others. He was further advised to make judgment and sense his guide and model ; to be prudent and watchful ; to be mindful of the deceit and treachery of enemies ; to give tranquility to the people generally, and make them happy [by killing them !] ; to cause ruined places to be restored ; to subdue the contumacious, so that he might have plenty of places wherein to make his summer and his winter quarters ; and always, in all things, to consult and advise with Dukuz Khatun. This name is also written Tukuz, d and t being interchangeable.