The Nāṣirī Generations 57.3

57.3

As to ’Ala-ud-Din’s making over the government of Ghaznin to his nephews, there is not so much discrepancy in the earlier writers, with the exception of our author, who expressly states that they were detained within the walls of a fortress by him, and were only set at liberty by his son and successor, as mentioned in Section XVII., which see. This was the year after Saif-ud-Din’s death, who, according to Fasih-i, was slain in a battle with the Ghuzz near Balkh, in which same year his nephew, Ghiyas-ud-Din, succeeded him, and inflicted a defeat upon the Ghuzz, with considerable slaughter, and imposed tribute on them.