التاريخ اليميني 19.19

19.19

Now, at the time when the Sultan rose to secure the kingdom for himself, Khalaf ibn Aḥmad had sent his son Ṭāhir to Quhistān, which he took; then he turned from there to Būshanj and seized it. Harāt and Būshanj had been assigned to Bughrājuq, the brother of Nāṣir al-Dīn, and when God had relieved the Sultan of the burdens of those great battles, his uncle came to him asking leave to drive the usurper out of his province and to blunt the edge of his renewed aggression. He gave him leave, and he set out; and when he drew near Būshanj, Ṭāhir ibn Khalaf met him with the host that followed him, clad in iron. They fought hand to hand, cleaving heads along the lines of their partings, slicing bodies at the waist where the belts lie, drawing up souls with the ropes of spears, and mowing [112a] heads with swords like the swords of the Rūs. Then they charged one another, and right wings swept away left wings, and left wings right wings. Ṭāhir was routed and fled before him, and Bughrājuq followed, driving him on like a fleeing ostrich.