The Nāṣirī Generations 57.1

57.1

Sultan Mu’ayyan-ud-Daulah-wa-ud-Din, but, according to some statements, Taj-ud-Daulah, Khusrau Shah, ascended the throne in the year 552 H. As the Maliks and Sultans of Ghur had shaken the empire of the house of Mahmud to its very foundations, and had wrested Ghaznin, Bust, Zamin-i-Dawar, and Tigin-abad out of their hands, and had ravaged and desolated them, feebleness had come upon its government, and its glory and splendour had passed away. When Khusrau Shah ascended the throne he was weak and powerless, and was unable to maintain his rule over the country. A horde of the tribe of Ghuzz, who had acquired dominion and power in Khurasan, in the reign of the august Sultan, Sanjar, who had now passed away, marched an army against Ghaznin. Khusrau Shah was unable to resist them, and he accordingly retired into Hindustan and Ghaznin was lost to him, and fell into the hands of the Ghuzz. They retained possession of that territory for a period of twelve years, until the august Sultan, Ghiyas-ud-Din Muhammad, Sam, led an army from Ghur to Ghaznin, overthrew Burak the Ghuzz chief, retook Ghaznin, and established [his brother] Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din Muhammad, Sam, the martyr, upon the Ghaznin throne. Khusrau Shah had retired to Lahor, of Hindustan. His reign extended to a period of seven years, after which he died. His sons were Mahmud, Khusrau Malik, and Kai-Khusrau.