The Nāṣirī Generations 53: X. SULTAN IBRAHIM, SAYYID-US-SALATIN.
Tabakat-i-Nasiri 53
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X. SULTAN IBRAHIM, SAYYID-US-SALATIN.
53.1
Sultan Zahir-ud-Daulah, Nasir-ul-Millat, Razi-ud-Din, Ibrahim, son of Mas’ud, the Martyr, was a great and illustrious monarch, learned and accomplished, just and God-fearing, benevolent and compassionate, the friend of the learned, and supporter of religion. After Farrukh-zad had ascended the throne, Ibrahim had been removed from the fortress of Bar-ghund to the fortress of Nae; and, when Farrukh-zad died, all hearts decided upon the sovereignty of Ibrahim. The Sarhang Hasan, proceeded to his presence, and, accompanied by the chief persons in the state, conducted him from the fortress; and, on a Monday, at an auspicious conjunction of the planets in the high vault above, he ascended the throne. The day after he performed the customary mourning ceremonies for the Amir-i-Hamid—the Laudable Amir—Farrukh-zad, his brother, and paid a visit to his tomb, and to the tombs of his ancestors; and all the great nobles, ministers, and most distinguished personages accompanied him on foot, for he did not show [particular] favour or familiarity towards any person soever, and, on this account, awe of his authority was implanted in the hearts of all people.
53.2
When the intelligence of his accession to the throne reached Da’ud, the Saljuk, he sent an embassy into Khurasan; and entered into a treaty of peace with him. After Da’ud [died] his son, Alb-Arsalan, continued to abide by it; and Ibrahim brought under his entire control the dominions of his ancestors. The troubles and disorders which had fallen upon that empire, through the vicissitudes of the times, and continual warfare, were all, during his reign, remedied and rectified, and the affairs of the empire of the great Mahmud assumed fresh vigour. The ruinous places in the country were again repaired and restored, and he founded several towns, such as Jatrabat (?), Khair-abad, Aimin-abad, and others in different parts. During his reign many astonishing and uncommon occurrences took place; and Da'ud, the Saljuk, whose ravages, inroads, conflicts, and conquests might vie with the flashing lightning, died.
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The birth of Ibrahim took place in the year of the conquest of Gurgan, in 424 H., in the province of Hirat, and that monarch had forty daughters and thirty-six sons. All the daughters were given in marriage to illustrious Sayyids, and dignified 'Ulama; and one of those princesses was married to the great-great-grandfather of [the author] Minhaj-i-Saraj, and this was the cause of the removal of the writer’s ancestors from Jurjan. Imam 'Abd-ul-Khalik, Jurjani, who lies asleep within the Sarae of Tahir-abad of Ghaznin, saw in a dream, whilst dwelling in Jurjan, in his youthful years, that an angel said unto him in the vision: "Arise, and proceed to Ghaznin, and seek a wife." When he awoke, he imagined that this dream might have been prompted by the devil; but, having dreamt the same dream three times successively, as therein commanded, he came to Ghaznin, and one of those daughters was bestowed in marriage upon him. That princess bore him a son, whom he named Ibrahim—Maulana, Minhaj-ud-Din, ’Usman-i-Ibrahim—upon whom be the mercy of the Almighty! He was the father of Maulana Minhaj-ud-Din, who was the father of Maulana Saraj-ud-Din, ’Ujubah-uz-zaman [the Wonder of His Age!], and he was the father of [the author] Minhaj-i-Saraj. Sultan Ibrahim was a monarch of felicitous and prosperous career, and his reign extended over a period of forty-two years, and his age [at his death] was sixty years. He died in the year 492 H.
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His sons were Mahmud, Is-haq, Yusuf, Nasr, ’Ali, Bihzad, Khurshed Malik, Khub-chihr, Azad Malik, Malik-Chihr, Tughan Shah, Azad-Mihr, Daulat Shah, Azad-Chihr, Amir Shah, Nih-Firuzah, Tahamtan Shah, Turan Shah, Malik-Zad, Malik-Dad, Shams-ul-Mulk, Malik Sher, Sher Malik, Mas’ud, Iran-Malik, Kaihan Shah, Jahan Shah, Firuz Shah, Miran Shah, Yaghan Shah, Turkan Shah, Arsalan Shah, Tughril Shah, Kutlugh Shah, Muayyid Shah, Sultan Shah, Malik Shah, Khusrau Shah, Farrukh Shah, and Bahram Shah.