Tabakāt-I-Nāsirī: A General History of the Muhammadan Dynasties of Asia Including Hindustan; from A.H. 194 (810 A.D.) to A.H. 658 (1260 A.D.) and the Irruption of the Infidel Mughals into Islam

high the standards of jurisdiction of His servants in the decree of duration this frail one in repayment of some of those many debts of gratitude desired that he should thread upon the thread of description and string on the string of writing an account of those Maliks and Khans the servants of that Court which is the asylum of the unverse more particularly the mention of the successive [...] 72s the right hand of the state the most great Ulugh 'Putlugh ULUGH KHAN-1-BALBAN of the [time of the] I-yal-timi511 dynasty the father of Sultans the Supporter of the Lord of the Faithful]—May the Almighty exalt his Helper and double his power !—for since the pen of the orbit of existence on the pages of the dawn of empire dlineated the tracery of prosperity and the figure of dominion it [...] I-GAJZ-LAK jiliAN 7. The arrival of the author [of this history) at the Court —the asylum of the world—of the beneficent king of kings [I-yal-timish] took place on Wednesday the 1st of the month of Rabi'-ul-Awwal 625 H. before [the walls of] the preserved city of lachchah at the period when the aamst forces had marched from the capital city of Dihli for the purpose of taking possession of the [...] When on Wednesday the 16th of the month of Safar the author proceeded from the city of Crchchah and reached the camp of the victorious [forces] that Malik of good disposition treated him with reverence and rose from his maynad and went through the ceremonial of receiving him and came to meet him and seated the author in his own place and put a rosy apple' into his hand and To translate [...] 751 Castle] the royal residence when they seated the [new] Sultan on the throne of the kingdom and the Maliks Amin 'Ulatna Sadrs and the Chiefs of the troops and Grandees of the capital were assembled together in the sublime audience hall for the purpose of the public rendeing of fealty' all pledged their allegiance to the sovereignty of Mu'izz-uDin Bahram Shah and the Deputy-ship