تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.81.1

13.81.1

وكان السلطان جمال الدين قد جهز اثنين وخمسين مركبا سفرية برسم غزو سندابور، وكان وقع بين سلطانها وولده خلاف، فكتب ولده إلى السلطان جمال الدين أن يتوجه لفتح سندابور ويسلم الولد المذكور، ويزوجه السلطان أخته ، فلما تجهزت المراكب ظهر لي أن أتوجه فيها إلى الجهاد ففتحت المصحف أنظر فيه فكان في أول الصفحة: يذكر فيها اسم الله كثيرا ولينصرن الله من ينصره، فاستبشرت بذلك، وأتى السلطان إلى صلاة العصر، فقلت له: أريد السفر فقال: إذا تكون أميرهم، فأخبرته بما خرج لي في أول المصحف فأعجبه ذلك، وعزم على السفر بنفسه ولم يكن ظهر له ذلك قبل، فركب مركبا منها وأنا معه، وذلك في يوم السبت فوصلنا عشي الاثنين إلى سندابور، ودخلنا خورها فوجدنا أهلها مستعدين للحرب وقد نصبوا المجانيق، فبتنا عليها تلك الليلة.

Sultan Jamāl al-Dīn had fitted out fifty-two ships for an expedition against Sandābūr. A dispute had arisen between its sultan and his son, and the son had written to Sultan Jamāl al-Dīn asking him to come and conquer Sandābūr, on condition that the son would become a Muslim and the Sultan would marry him to his sister. When the ships were ready, it occurred to me to go with them to the holy war. I opened the Qurʾān to look in it, and at the top of the page was: "in which the name of God is mentioned much; and God will surely help those who help Him." I took this as a good omen. The Sultan came for the afternoon prayer, and I said to him: "I wish to go." He said: "Then you will be their commander." I told him what had come out for me at the top of the page of the Qurʾān; this pleased him and he resolved to go in person, which had not occurred to him before. He boarded one of the ships, and I with him. That was on a Saturday, and on Monday evening we reached Sandābūr. We entered its inlet and found its people prepared for battle, having set up mangonels, so we spent that night off the town.