تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.11.22

13.11.22

The Sultan, and we with him, set out for the city of Bahrāyij — its name is spelled with a after the b, a quiescent h, r, alif, y with i, and j. It is a fine city on the bank of the river Sarū, a large river with a very swift current. The Sultan crossed it in order to visit the tomb of the pious shaykh and hero Sālār ʿŪd, who conquered most of those lands and about whom there are wondrous stories and famous campaigns. People crowded in great numbers to cross and jostled one another, until a large boat carrying about three hundred souls sank, and none of them survived but an Arab, one of the followers of Amīr Ghadhā. We had embarked in a small boat, and God Most High kept us safe.