1869.] Translations from the Tdrihh i Firuz ShdM. 199 



" a thought or deed is requisite beyond carnage and bloodshed, the 

 " sacrifices of one's head and life, unsheathing of swords, and the 

 " combating with our foes." 



'Alaulmulk then took leave by kissing the royal hand, and having 

 returned into the city, secured all the gates, except the Badaon one, 

 which was left open ; and all the town people, both great and small, 

 were in great dismay, and lifted up their hands in prayer. 



Account of the battle between Sultan 'Alauddin and Qutlugh Khan, 



with the (ultimate) defeat of the Mughuls and martyrdom of Zafar 



Khdn and other Amirs. 



Sultan 'Alauddin marched with the army of Islam from Siri to 

 Kili, and pitched his camp there ; while Qutlugh Khwajah encamped 

 with the Mughul forces right opposite ; and as two such armies had 

 never been seen in any age or era confronting each other with hostile 

 intent, the people were struck with wonder and dismay. Both armies 

 were then drawn up in line, and stood anxious confronting each 

 other in the coming struggle. 



Zafar Khan was in command of the right wing, and he and the 

 Amirs belonging to his division having drawn their swords, made a 

 furious assault on the Mughul force, and fought hand to hand with 

 them. The Mughuls could not withstand the attack, and were im- 

 mediately broken and routed, whereupon the army of Islam set off in 

 pursuit of them. Zafar Khan, who was the Rustam of his day, and 

 the [hero] of his age, never ceased from the pursuit, but kept 

 following close upon them, and driving them before him [eighteen 

 Icos] with the [sword, cutting off their heads]. The Mughuls con- 

 sequently had no opportunity of rallying, and fled in such consternation 

 that they scarcely knew their bridles from their cruppers. 



Ulugh Khan, who was in command of the left wing of the army 

 and had several great Amirs, and a numerous host of troops in his 

 division, did not stir from his position, on account of the animosity 

 he entertained towards Zafar Khan, nor would he advance to his sup- 

 port. The accursed Turghx* meanwhile had laid an ambuscade with 

 his tuman [along the Buruji road ?]f and as soon as he saw that 



* He commanded the left wing of the Mughuls. Firislitah. 



t This is doubtful. The text (p. 260) has bar tariq i buruji, which is opposed 

 to bar tariq i halqah, a few lines lower down ; hence buruji must be the Turkish 

 name of a stratagem. Firishtah has merely, ' he had laid an ambuscade on the 



