التاريخ اليميني 19.5

19.5

He accompanied him to Būshanj with all his partisans and followers; then Nāṣir al-Dīn Sebüktigin left him behind there, to spare him the burden of travel and to keep him out of the path of danger, and marched to Ṭūs to engage Abū ʿAlī and to seek the vengeance that had lain dormant with him. When he had driven him off and shaken his hand free of the business of that war, he sent Khalaf ibn Aḥmad's men back to him laden with dazzling favours and adorned with splendid robes of honour, preceded by mounts and led horses and followed by fine camels and precious gifts.