تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.11.18

13.11.18

The Sultan halted at the crossing, and the vizier brought ʿAyn al-Mulk, mounted on an ox, naked, his private parts covered with a rag tied with a rope, the rest of which was round his neck. He was made to stand at the door of the enclosure, and the vizier went in to the Sultan, who gave him the drink as a mark of favour. The sons of the maliks came up to ʿAyn al-Mulk and began to revile him, spit in his face and slap his companions. The Sultan sent al-Malik al-Kabīr to him, who said to him: "What is this you have done?" He found no answer. The Sultan ordered that he be clothed in one of the garments of the zamāla, fettered with four shackles, his hands bound to his neck, and handed over to the vizier for safekeeping. His brothers crossed the river in flight and reached the city of ʿAwaḍ; they took their families, their children and what money they could, and said to the wife of their brother ʿAyn al-Mulk: