التاريخ اليميني 46.5

46.5

He set foot in no kingdom of those kingdoms but an envoy came to him, laying down the cheek of obedience and offering in service the utmost of capability, until Janki ibn Samhī, lord of the pass of Qashmīr, came to him, knowing that he was God's emissary, whom nothing satisfies but Islam accepted or the sword notched [in battle]. He declared his servitude with ready good fortune and undertook to guide him the rest of the way. He began to march before him as a guide, crossing valley after valley. Whenever midnight came, the beating of drums announced the march, and God's friends mounted the backs of their horses, enduring the toil of galloping and travelling until the sun of the next day inclined toward setting, until he reached the river Jūn on the twentieth of Rajab in the year 409.