التاريخ اليميني 32.1

32.1

The Sultan Yamīn al-Dawla wa-Amīn al-Milla had been watching the fresh news of the two brothers Ilek and Ṭughān Khān in the dispute between them. When he learned that their relations had broken down, he sought God's guidance about marching on Quṣdār, since its ruler had inclined towards estrangement and had failed to deliver the agreed tribute, priding himself on the impregnability of his realm and deceived by the inaccessibility of the roads leading to his abode.