تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 12.7.3

12.7.3

The chief qāḍī Ṣadr al-Jahān Kamāl al-Dīn al-Ghaznawī rides, and the chief qāḍī Ṣadr al-Jahān Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Khwārazmī, and the other qāḍīs and the great aʿizza among the Khurāsānīs, ʿIrāqīs, Syrians, Egyptians and Maghribīs, each on an elephant; all foreigners among them are called Khurāsānīs. The muezzins too ride on elephants, proclaiming "God is greatest." The sultan comes out of the palace gate in this order while the troops await him, each amīr with his own detachment, with his drums and banners. The sultan advances, before him the footmen we have mentioned, and before them the qāḍīs and muezzins celebrating God Most High. Behind the sultan come his insignia, namely the banners, drums, horns, trumpets and surnāys, and behind them all the people of his household. Then follows the sultan's brother Mubārak Khān with his insignia and troops, then the sultan's nephew Bahrām Khān with his insignia and troops, then his cousin Malik Fīrūz with his insignia and troops, then the vizier with his insignia and troops, then Malik Mujīr b. Dhī al-Rajā with his insignia and troops, then the great malik Qabūla with his insignia and troops.