The Nāṣirī Generations 294.8

294.8

When the Mughal envoys reached the presence of he consulted with the Khwarazmi Amirs. It appears that they had news of the death of Mangu Ka’an by the time these envoys arrived, and they exhorted him to resist the Mughals, particularly as Kaibuka had been left in those parts [in Sham — in Halab and Damashk]. Nasir-ud-Din, Fughamiri or Kaimiri, urged that it was "far better to die fighting honourably than trust to the good faith of Mughals, who never fulfilled their most solemn promises and compacts, as witness the case of Khur Shah ; the Lord of the Faithful, the Khalifah ; Husam-ud-Din, ’Akah ; and the Sahib of Arbil." approved of this, and thought it best, since the Mughals had carried their devastations into so many parts, even as far as the territory of Rum, in such wise that neither seed remained to sow, nor oxen to plough the land, to be beforehand with them, and attack them, and so save Misr from invasion, or perish honourably. The principal of the Amirs of Misr, Bandukdar, advised that the envoys should be treated in Mughal fashion and put to death, and that they should fall unawares upon Kaibuka. The emissaries accordingly were put to death one night, and, the following morning, the troops of Misr set out. A Mughal Amir, Paedar by name, who, with a force of Mughals, formed the advanced post towards Misr, as soon as he became aware of this movement, sent a courier to Kaibuka, who was then at Ba’albak, warning him of their coming.