The Nāṣirī Generations 291.3.6

291.3.6

He then directed the massacre of the Sar Dawat-Dar, and his family, connexions, and kinsmen, and all the fugitives who had accompanied him and Suliman Shah from the city, while the Amir-i-’Alam, Suliman Shah, the Turk-man, who had so often overthrown the Mughals, was brought fettered, together with his family, kinsmen, and personal dependents, to the foot of the barbarian’s throne. He demanded of the Musalman warrior: “Thou art an astrologer [doubtless the Tusi Khwajah, On the Amir, Abu-Bikr’s, coming forth [from Baghdad], and reaching the camp of Hulau, a throng of people, infidels and Musalmans, went forth to receive him, and observed the usages of service. When he reached Hulau’s place of audience, the latter advanced about four paces to receive him, treated him with due ceremonial, conducted him to, and seated him in, his own place, and himself reclined on the knees of reverence in his presence, and said: “I am come to present myself [before the Khalifah], and will pay homage [to him]. My uncle, Barka, has become a Musalman at the hands of the Shaikh, Saif-ud-Din, the Bakhurzi, and I was, then and there, going to become a Musalman likewise, but I inquired among my Amirs: ‘who is the greatest among the Musalmans?’ and they directed me to the Court of the Khilafat, in order that, at the hand of the Lord of the Faithful, I might become a Musalman.”