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He had ever possessed strength in rule and abundance in possessions; the Rāy of Qanauj had opposed him as a rival and drawn out war with him, fighting and battling, but achieved nothing beyond wearying his own men and retreating in failure. This fortress was surrounded by thickets, dense like the manes of steeds and intertwined like the hair of mourners. Among them the snakes do not answer the charmers, and there the full moon gives no light to night travellers. It was encircled by moats of deep excavation and wide circuit, encircling it as Taurus encircles the Pleiades, so that there is no opening from them and no turning aside for it beyond them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The people of this fortress stood up to resist him, but when they knew what is the power of confidence and the strength of salvation from non-existence, they cast themselves down from the summit of the castle, and some of them struck themselves with darts and the edge of swords, and sent their impure souls to the mansion of destruction. From hence the Sultan came to the fortress of Aster, held by Jandbal the Violent, one of the most furious of the Indians, confiding in the extent of his territory and his numerous army. The Rajah of Kanuj was annoyed by him, and several times marched towards his province, but returned without being able to effect anything. This castle was situated in the midst of forests, upon an eminence, and deep moats were drawn around it. And when Jandbal saw the wounding blows of the Sultan's legions and the strokes of his riders, and was aware that Fate was reaching out her claws to seize him by the neck, and that the angel of death was sharpening his teeth to flay him, he broke up the earth of his castle and took to flight. The stars of religion, the stoners of devils, and the champions of the Sultan went after them, killing and plundering, so that Jandbal and his comrades were deceived, for the Sultan's men made them know their awful power and dreadful might. > — James Reynolds 1858, The Kitab-i-Yamini ### [46.22](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.yamini.46.22) فلما شعر المذكور بزحف السلطان إليه في كواكب دولته، ومراكب جملته، فقد قلبه فرط الحذار، وجس نبضه فكان ذنب الفار. ورأى الموت فاغرا فاه، فلم يملك إلا أن يوليه قفاه. فأمر بقلع قلعته من أصولها، وتعويرها على \[224 ب\] من يهم آنفا بحلولها. > When the said \[ruler\] perceived the Sultan advancing on him with the stars of his state and the mounts of his host, excess of fear robbed him of his heart; he felt his pulse, and it was the tail of a mouse. He saw death opening wide its mouth, and could do nothing but turn his back on it. He ordered his fortress to be uprooted from its foundations and rendered ruinous for \[224 b\] anyone who should presently seek to occupy it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [46.23](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.yamini.46.23) وقفى آثاره بعفاريت أنصاره ينهبون ويغنمون، ويقتلون ويأسرون، حتى علم الكافرون أنهم هم الخاسرون. > \[The Sultan\] followed his tracks with the demons among his supporters, plundering and taking spoils, killing and taking captives, until the unbelievers knew that it was they who were the losers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > And when they witnessed the serried ranks of his warriors and the fury of his men, they knew how long an interval there is between the heat of play and the ardour of the brave, and became aware that their business was to engage with those who were determined to shed blood, not with the play of cotton-threshing tables. And the Sultan, having reached Jandbal, and surrounded him, directed his course towards Chandrarajah, who was owner of a very strong fortress, and who said (Verse) > — James Reynolds 1858, The Kitab-i-Yamini ## Translations (3) - [The Kitab-i-Yamini](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.yamini~en-reynolds.50.1.10) — James Reynolds 1858, English - [Tárikh Yamíní (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.yamini~en-elliot.23) — Henry Miers Elliot & John Dowson 1869, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.yamini~en-mt.46.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.yamini.46.21-23](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.yamini.46.21-23) · Pramāṇa