The Nāṣirī Generations 287.3.3

287.3.3

When this servant of the victorious government returned from the presence of the Muhtashim, Shihab, he proceeded, for the purpose of purchasing the necessary clothing, to the city of Tun, and from thence returned to Ka-in, Isfirar, and Tulak again. After some time, it happened that, in 632 H., the author chanced to proceed from Tulak to the presence of Malik Rukn-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-'Usman, the Maraghani—may he rest in peace!—at Khaesar of Ghur, and, at the request of that august Malik, consented to go on a mission towards the territory of the Kuhistan Din, ’Umr, and of Taj-ud-Din, ’Usman. Abi-Bikr,— that is Rukn-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-Abi-Bikr — the Maraghani, was put to death soon after, along with Mangatae, the Mughal shahnah, when the Hiratis threw off the yoke, leaving, as I suppose, among other children probably, a daughter, who was given in marriage to Rukn-ud-Din, Muhammad, son of Taj-ud-Din, ’Usman, our author’s chief of Khaesar of Ghur, who thus married his cousin. The Malik Shams-ud-Din, Muhammad, the first of the dynasty, is the son of the said Rukn-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-’Usman, our author’s patron, who died in 643 H. Most of the works which give an account of the Kurat dynasty, including Alfi, state that Malik Rukn-ud-Din was the maternal grandfather of Malik Shams-ud-Din, Muhammad, while Fasih-i states distinctly, in several places, that Shams-ud-Din, Muhammad, was Rukn-ud-Din’s son, and Rukn-ud-Din, Abi-Bikr’s son.