The Nāṣirī Generations 55: XII. MALIK ARSALAN, SON OF MAS’UD.

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Malik Arsalan-i-’Abd-ul-Muluk son of Sultan Mas’ud, ascended the throne in the year 509 H. at Garmsir itself. and assumed the sovereignty of the empire of Ghaznin. Bahram Shah, his brother fled from him, and proceeded into Khurasan, to the court of Sultan Sanjar.
During the reign of Malik Arsalan some remarkable events occurred, one of which was that fire, accompanied by a thunderbolt, fell from the heavens, so that by that fire all the bazars of Ghaznin were consumed. Other untoward events and occurrences likewise took place during his sovereignty, so that people held his rule in detestation. He was possessed of great nobility of mind, energy, courage, and valour.
When he came to the throne he treated his step-mother who was [styled] Mahd-i-'Irak, with indignity and on that account Sanjar became his foe, and gave assistance to Bahram Shah. Sanjar came against Ghaznin, and Malik Arsalan fought a battle with him, and was defeated, and retired towards Hindustan, where he fell into misery and wretchedness. He died in the year 511 H., after a reign of two years, at the age of thirty-five years.