تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.13.4

13.13.4

Jalāl al-Dīn ordered the man who had been seized to be beaten, and he confessed the affair of Sharaf al-Mulk. Jalāl al-Dīn ordered his deputy, who rode out with the troops and made for them; they found that they had already mounted, so they followed their tracks and overtook them. They shot arrows at the troops, and Ṭāhir, son of Sharaf al-Mulk, shot an arrow at Amīr Jalāl al-Dīn's deputy and lodged it in his arm, but [the deputy] overpowered them and brought them to Jalāl al-Dīn, who fettered them, chained their hands and wrote to the vizier about them. The vizier ordered him to send them to the capital, so he sent them there, and they were imprisoned in it. Ṭāhir died in prison, and the Sultan ordered that Sharaf al-Mulk be given a hundred lashes with the whip every day; he remained so for some time. Then he pardoned him and sent him with Amīr Niẓām al-Dīn, Amīr Najla, to the land of Jandīrī, and his condition sank so low that he rode oxen, having no horse to ride! He remained so for some time; then that amīr came to the Sultan, with him in his company, and the Sultan made him shāshankīr, that is, the one who carves the meat before the Sultan and walks with the food. After that he distinguished him and raised his rank, until, when he fell ill, the Sultan visited him and ordered him to be weighed in gold and gave him that; we have already told this story in the first volume. After that he married him to his sister and gave him the land of Jandīrī, where he used to ride oxen in the service of Amīr Niẓām al-Dīn. Glory be to Him who turns hearts and transforms conditions.