تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.11.21

13.11.21

ولما كان بعد المغرب جلس السلطان ببرج الخشب وأتى باثنين وستين رجلا من كبار أصحاب القائم وأتى بالفيلة فطرحوا بين ايديها فجعلت تقطعهم بالحدائد الموضوعة على أنيابها وترمى ببعضهم إلى الهواء وتتلقفه، والأبواق والأنفار والطبول تضرب عند ذلك، وعين الملك واقف يعاين مقتلهم ويطرح منهم عليه، ثم أعيد إلى محبسه وأقام السلطان على جواز النهر أياما لكثرة الناس وقلة القوارب، وأجاز امتعته وخزائنه على الفيلة، وفرق الفيلة على خواصه ليجيزوا أمتعتهم وبعث إلي بفيل منها أجزت عليه رحلي.

After the sunset prayer the Sultan sat in the wooden tower, and sixty-two men of the rebel's chief followers were brought, and the elephants were brought, and they were thrown before them. The elephants began cutting them to pieces with the iron blades fitted on their tusks, tossing some of them into the air and catching them, while the trumpets, horns and drums sounded. ʿAyn al-Mulk stood watching their slaughter, and some of them were thrown upon him; then he was taken back to his confinement. The Sultan stayed at the river crossing for some days because of the great number of people and the scarcity of boats. He had his baggage and treasuries carried across on the elephants, and distributed elephants among his intimates so that they could carry their baggage across; he sent me one of them, on which I took my baggage across.