The Nāṣirī Generations 293.2.3

293.2.3

Hulau determined to molest Baghdad, and had directed the Malik-ul-Kamil, son of Malik Shihab-ud-Din-i-Ghazi, that, from his territory, he should bring 7000 horse and 20,000 foot to Baghdad, and render assistance. The son of Malik Shihab-ud-Din-i-Ghazi replied: “The extent of my forces is not so great that it is possible to furnish such a number: more than about 2000 horse and 5000 or 6000 foot I am unable to bring.” Hulau importuned him in demanding a larger number of cavalry, and the Malik-ul-Kamil persisted in his reply; and Hulau, in secret, said to his Wazir, who was a Musalman, an eminent man of Samrkand: “It seems to me that Kamil meditates rebellion in his mind, and that he will not join with us; and it is necessary to put him to death.” The Samrkandi Musalman Wazir was fond of the Malik-ul-Kamil, and he, secretly, acquainted him with this idea and design. The next day, the Malik-ul-Kamil went to Hulau and asked permission to go out hunting. He set out from that place [where they then were], accompanied by eighty horsemen of his own; and, with the utmost expedition, got out of the Mughal camp, and pushed on towards his own country, so that, in the space of seven days, he reached it, and gave orders to put to death all the Mughal Shahnahs [Intendants] in his territory, by pinning them against the walls by means of five spikes — one mortal one being driven into the forehead, and four others into the feet and hands.