The Nāṣirī Generations 53.2

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.