The Nāṣirī Generations 61.4

61.4

The Sultan, after this, returned to Hirat; and the Saljuks, becoming aware of it, again sought an accommodation; and, as a matter of necessity [on the part of the Sultan], once more a peace was concluded. However, Sultan Mas’ud summoned troops, with all requisite stores and war-material, from Ghaznin; but, when those reinforcements reached him, famine prevailed in Khurasan, and there was a great scarcity of forage. The forces of the Sultan had become quite powerless and ineffective, and the horses and camels had grown weak and emaciated. The Sultan, with his whole army, advanced towards Tus; and Tughril retired from Nishapur, and fell back upon Sarakhs.