The Nāṣirī Generations 63.1

63.1

Sultan Malik Shah ascended the throne at Marw, after the death of his father, and took possession of the whole of the territories of Iran, Turan, the Jibal [Highlands of ’Irak], ’Irak, Dilam, Tabaristan, Rum, Misr, and Sham, besides Diyar-i-Bakr, Arman, Sistan, and Fars; and in all the pulpits of Islam the Khutbah was read in his name; and the coin, both diram and dinar, became ennobled by his titles. He was, himself, a victorious and a conquering monarch, and governed with a firm hand ; and was sagacious, brave, and just, and endowed with all the accomplishments befitting a sovereign and empire. He brought under his sway the whole of the countries of Turkistan, and subdued the territory of Rum; and the vice-royalty and sovereignty of Baghdad, subordinate to the Dar-ul-Khilafat, were conferred upon him. In Makkah and Madinah, and in Yaman and the country of Hijaz, in the whole of the pulpits of Islam, the Khutbah was read in his name. He carried on various hostilities, and undertook many holy wars in various parts of the country of the Turks and the territory of Rum; and, on every side of the territories of the east and of the west, he acquired a kingdom, and placed viceroys of his own therein. He conferred the kingdom of Rum upon one of his brothers, and, after him, he gave it to his own son, Mahmud; and, up to this period, that territory is still in the possession of his descendants, as will, hereafter, please God, be mentioned.