The Nāṣirī Generations 95.1

95.1

Trustworthy persons have related, that, when the dominion and sovereignty of the Mahmudi dynasty passed away, over to the family of Saljuk, the nobles who were exercising authority in the country of Sijistan acquired power, and, In that same year, Abu Nasr-i-Ahmad, Samani, took possession of Sijistan, and, as he had succeeded in making prisoner of Muhammad, son of ’Ali, brother of Ya’kub, ’Umro, and Mu’addil, sons of Lais, and the Sigizi also, they were despatched to Baghdad, by the Khalifah's directions, and entered it paraded on elephants; and rich presents were sent by the Khalifah to the Samani prince, in return for this service. In 299 H. [some say in 298 H.], Lais, son of ’Ali, died in Fars, and his brother, MU’ADDIL, assumed the sovereignty over Sijistan, and drove out the Samani governor, Abu Salih-i-Mansur, Samani, cousin of Amir Abu Nasr-i-Ahmad, on which, the latter despatched a large army under some of his greatest nobles, such as Husain 'Ali, Marw-ar-Rudi, Ahmad, son of Sahl, Muhammad, son of Muzaffar, Simjur-i-Dowati, &c. Mu’addil, on becoming apprized of this, sent his brother Muhammad for supplies, to enable him to stand a siege, into Zamin-i-Dawar; but, as he happened to fall into the hands of the Samani forces, Mu’addil, on receipt of the news of this disaster, came and surrendered on terms to those leaders, and was taken to Bukhara, from whence he was sent to Baghdad. See page 34.