The Nāṣirī Generations 31: XI. ABU-L-FAWARIS-I-’ABD-UL-MALIK, SON OF NUH.

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By the time that Fayik-i-Khasah and Bak-Tuzun had placed Amir ’Abd-ul-Malik upon the throne, Amir Mahmud had arrived at Balkh; and, on being made acquainted with this occurrence, he advanced to the gates of Marw in order to revenge the treatment which Amir Mansur had suffered at their hands. They, however, sent an agent to negotiate with Mahmud; and an arrangement was entered into between them and him, whereby it was agreed that Hirat and Balkh should be held by Mahmud, and Marw and Nishapur by them. Amir Mahmud, after this arrangement, again retired, and this was on Tuesday, the 26th of the month of Jamadi-ul-awwal, in the year 389 H.
At this period, Dara, son of Kabus-i-Washm-gir, was Wali [governor] of Gurgan, and incited a party of the slaves of the Samani kings [who appear to have taken refuge with him], to follow the forces of Amir Mahmud, with the object of plundering his retinue; and they set out in pursuit of them. Amir Nasr, son of Sabuk-Tigin, the brother of Mahmud, had charge of the rear [column] of his brother’s forces, and joined battle with the body of pursuers, and also despatched a messenger to Mahmud to inform him of the state of affairs. Amir Mahmud turned back, and proceeded to the scene of action; but, previously to his reaching it, Amir Nasr had already defeated the assailants, and put them to the rout.
When the party of nobles, at Marw, became aware that Mahmud had made a retrograde movement in that direction, they evacuated it, and retired to Bukhara. Fayik, shortly after these events took place, died in the month of Sha’ban, of this same year. He had deeply regretted, and heartily repented of the acts he had committed, but all was now of no avail, and his contrition came too late; and all the adherents of the Samani dynasty became separated and dispersed.
After the death of Fayik, Amir Abu-l-Hasan, I-lak-i- Nasr, son of ’Ali, brother of the Khan-i-Buzurg, or the Great Khan, advanced from Farghanah, and appeared before the gates of Bukhara, in the month of Zi-Ka’dah, in the year 389 H. He pretended to the people that he had come to render aid to Amir Abu-l-Fawaris-i-’Abd-ul-Malik, son of Nuh. Amir ’Abd-ul-Malik despatched the nobles and principal officers still remaining in his service to receive him; but, as soon as they approached, he gave orders to seize the whole of them; and, on the 10th of Zi-Ka’dah of that same year, he entered Bukhara. Amir ’Abd-ul-Malik concealed himself; but I-lak-i-Nasr asked him to return, and succeeded in getting the Samani prince into his power; after which he sent him to Uzjand, and the dominion of the Samanis terminated. The dynasty, into Mawar-un-Nahr, and once more conspired with I-lak Khan, who, under pretence of aiding Amir ’Abd-ul-Malik, whom they had set up, marched out of Kashghar, and appeared before Bukhara. from the commencement of the reign of Ismail up to this time, had continued for a period of one hundred and eight years.
The following table gives the genealogical tree of the race and dynasty of the Samanis; —
mi-DAd father of KAR-KiN [and and father of bahrAm jash-nash and and father of BAHRAm CHUBiN father of NUSHAD and and ], father of and father of TAMGHAn [and and father of JAmAn and and father of sAmAn-KHUDAt [ ], father of ASAD, who had four sons, Nuh, Ahmad, Yahya, Ilyas,