The Nāṣirī Generations 44.2

44.2

After the death of Amir Balka-Tigin, Pirey succeeded to the authority. He was a great villain; and a body of people wrote from Ghaznin to Abu ’Ali-i-Lawik, and invited him to come there. Abu ’Ali-i-Lawik acceded to their request, and brought along with him the son of the Shah, or king, of Kabul to assist him. When they reached the vicinity of Charkh, Sabuk-Tigin, with a body of five hundred Turks, suddenly fell upon them, and defeated them, killed a great number of their followers, took them captive also, and slew them. He also captured ten elephants, and brought them to Ghaznin. Such a great success having been gained by Sabuk-Tigin, and all having become quite sated with the villainies and misdeeds of Pirey, with one accord, they raised Sabuk-Tigin to the direction of affairs. On Friday, the 27th of the month of Sha’ban, 366 H., Amir Sabuk-Tigin, with a scarlet canopy held over him, and attended by a large following with standards, came down from the citadel, and proceeded to the Jami' Masjid, or Great Mosque, and the administration of the government and the sovereignty of that province was settled upon him.