تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.26: ذكر قدوم السلطان ولقائنا له

13.26.1

ولما كان في رابع شوال نزل السلطان بقصر يسمى تلبت ، بكسر التاء المعلوة الأولى وسكون اللام وفتح الباء الموحدة ثم تاء كالأولى، وهي على مسافة سبعة أميال من الحضرة، فأمرنا الوزير بالخروج إليه فخرجنا، ومع كل إنسان هدية من الخيل والجمال والفواكه الخراسانية والسيوف المصرية والمماليك، والغنم المجلوبة من بلاد الأتراك، فوصلنا إلى باب القصر وقد اجتمع جميع القادمين فكانوا يدخلون إلى السلطان على قدر مراتبهم ويخلع عليهم ثياب الكتان المزركشة بالذهب.

On the fourth of Shawwāl the Sultan halted at a palace called Tilbat — with i under the first dotted t, no vowel on the l, a over the single-dotted b, then a t like the first — which is seven miles from the capital. The vizier ordered us to go out to him, and we went out, each person with a gift of horses, camels, Khurāsānī fruits, Egyptian swords, mamlūks, and sheep brought from the land of the Turks. We reached the gate of the palace, where all the newcomers had gathered, and they went in to the Sultan according to their ranks, and he bestowed on them linen garments embroidered with gold.

He went out, accordingly, accompanied by those who had arrived for the purpose of being presented; each taking his present with him. In this manner we proceeded till we arrived at the gate of the palace in which he then was. At this place the secretaries took account of the several presents, and also brought them before the Emperor. The presents were then taken away, and the travellers were presented, each according to the order in which he had been arranged. When my turn came, I went in and presented my service in the usual manner, and was very graciously received, the Emperor taking my hand, and promising me every kindness. To each of the travellers he gave a dress of honour, embroidered with gold, which had been worn by himself, and one of these he also gave to me. After this, we met without the palace, and viands were handed about for some time. On this occasion the travellers ate, the Vizier, with the great Emirs, standing over them as servants. We then retired. After this, the Emperor sent to each of us one of the horses of his own stud, adorned and caparisoned with a saddle of silver. He then placed us in his front with the Vizier, and rode on till he arrived at his palace in Dehli. On the third day after our arrival, each of the travellers presented himself at the gate of the palace; when the Emperor sent to inquire, whether there were any among us who wished to take office, either as a writer, a judge, or a magistrate; saying, that he would give such appointments.

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ولما وصلت النوبة إلي دخلت فوجدت السلطان قاعدا على كرسي فظننته أحد الحجاب حتى رأيت معه ملك الندماء ناصر الدين الكافي الهروي، وكنت عرفته ايام غيبة السلطان، فخدم الحاجب فخدمت، واستقبلني أمير حاجب وهو ابن عم السلطان المسمى بفيروز، وخدمت ثانية لخدمته، ثم قال لي ملك الندماء: بسم الله، مولانا بدر الدين، وكانوا يدعونني بأرض الهند بدر الدين وكل من كان من أهل الطلب إنما يقال له مولانا، فقربت من السلطان حتى أخذ بيدي وصافحني وامسك يدي وجعل يخاطبني بأحسن خطاب، ويقول لي باللسان

When my turn came I went in and found the Sultan seated on a chair. I took him for one of the chamberlains until I saw with him the Malik al-Nudamāʾ Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Kāfī al-Harawī, whom I had come to know during the Sultan's absence. The chamberlain made obeisance and I made obeisance; then the Amīr Ḥājib, the Sultan's cousin named Fīrūz, received me, and I made obeisance a second time following his obeisance. Then the Malik al-Nudamāʾ said to me: "Bismillāh, Mawlānā Badr al-Dīn" — in the land of Hind they called me Badr al-Dīn, and everyone who belongs to the people of learning is called simply Mawlānā. I drew near the Sultan until he took my hand and shook it, and he kept hold of my hand and began speaking to me in the kindest way, saying to me in the

13.26.3

الفارسي: حلت البركة، قدومك مبارك أجمع خاطرك، أعمل معك من المراحم وأعطيك من الإنعام ما يسمع به أهل بلادك فياتون إليك. ثم سألني عن بلادي فقلت له: بلاد المغرب، فقال لي: بلاد عبد المؤمن ؟ فقلت له: نعم. وكان كلما قال لي كلاما جيدا قبلت يده حتى قبلتها سبع مرات، وخلع علي وانصرفت.

Persian language: "Blessing has descended; your coming is blessed; set your mind at rest. I shall show you such favours and grant you such bounties that the people of your country will hear of it and come to you." Then he asked me about my country, and I said to him: "The land of the Maghrib." He said to me: "The land of ʿAbd al-Muʾmin?" I said to him: "Yes." Every time he said a kind word to me I kissed his hand, until I had kissed it seven times; he bestowed a robe of honour on me and I withdrew.

13.26.4

واجتمع الواردون فمد لهم سماط ووقف على رؤوسهم قاضي القضاة صدر الجهان ناصر الدين الخوارزمي، وكان من كبار الفقهاء، وقاضي قضاة المماليك صدر الجهان كمال الدين الغزنوي، وعماد الملك عرض المماليك، والملك جلال الدين الكيجي ، وجماعة من الحجاب والأمراء، وحضر لذلك خذاوند زادة غياث الدين ابن عم خذاوندزادة قوام الدين قاضي الترمذ الذي قدم معنا، وكان السلطان يعظمه ويخاطبه بالأخ وتردد إليه مرارا من بلاده.

The newcomers assembled and a banquet was spread for them. Standing over them were the chief qāḍī, Ṣadr al-Jahān Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Khwārazmī, who was one of the great jurists; the chief qāḍī of the mamlūks, Ṣadr al-Jahān Kamāl al-Dīn al-Ghaznawī; ʿImād al-Mulk, the ʿarḍ al-mamālik (muster-master); al-Malik Jalāl al-Dīn al-Kījī; and a number of chamberlains and amīrs. Also present for it was Khudhāwandzāda Ghiyāth al-Dīn, cousin of Khudhāwandzāda Qawām al-Dīn, the qāḍī of Tirmidh who had come with us. The Sultan held him in great esteem and addressed him as "brother", and he had come to him from his country several times.

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والواردون الذين خلع عليهم في ذلك هم خذا وندزادة قوام الدين وإخوته ضياء الدين، وعماد الدين، وبرهان الدين وابن اخته أمير بخت ابن السيد تاج الدين، وكان جده وجيه الدين وزير خرسان، وكان خاله علاء الدين أمير الهند ووزيرا أيضا، والأمير هبة الله بن الفلكي التبريزي، وكان ابوه نائب الوزير بالعراق، وهو الذي بنى المدرسة الفلكية بتبريز ، وملك كراي من أولاد بهرام جور صاحب كسرى، وهو من أهل جبل بذخشان الذي منه يجلب الياقوت البلخش واللازورد، والأمير مبارك شاه السمرقندي وأرون بغا البخاري وملك زادة الترمذي وشهاب الدين الكازروني التاجر الذي قدم من تبريز بالهدية إلى السلطان فسلب في طريقه.

The newcomers on whom robes of honour were bestowed on that occasion were: Khudhāwandzāda Qawām al-Dīn and his brothers Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn, ʿImād al-Dīn and Burhān al-Dīn; his nephew (sister's son) Amīr Bakht, son of al-Sayyid Tāj al-Dīn, whose grandfather Wajīh al-Dīn had been vizier of Khurāsān and whose maternal uncle ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn had been an amīr of Hind and also a vizier; the amīr Hibat Allāh b. al-Falakī al-Tabrīzī, whose father had been deputy vizier in ʿIrāq and who built the Falakiyya madrasa in Tabrīz; Malik Karāy, of the descendants of Bahrām Gūr, the companion of Kisrā, who is from the mountain of Badhakhshān from which the balas ruby and lapis lazuli are brought; the amīr Mubārak Shāh al-Samarqandī; Arūn Bughā al-Bukhārī; Malik Zāda al-Tirmidhī; and Shihāb al-Dīn al-Kāzarūnī, the merchant who had come from Tabrīz with a gift for the Sultan and was robbed on his way.