188 Translations from the Tdrikli i Firliz Shdhi. [No. 4, 



At the very outset, directly Sultan 'Alauddin had settled himself 

 on the throne of Dehli, he first of all set about the Multan business, 

 and applied himself to the overthrow of Sultan Jalaluddin's sons. 

 He forthwith nominated Ulugh Khan and Zafar Khan with a party of 

 Maliks and Amirs and [30 or] 40,000 horse to Multan, whither they 

 proceeded, and at once invested the fortress. After the siege had conti- 

 nued for a month or two, the Kotwal and inhabitants of Multan 

 turned away from their allegiance to Sultan Jalaluddin's sons, and 

 some of the nobles came out from the fort to Ulugh Khan and Zafar 

 Khan. 



The Sultan's sons then made use of Shaikhul Islam Ruknuddin as 

 their envoy, and through him asked quarter of Ulngh Khan, and after 

 entering into a compact and treaty, they took the Shaikh along 

 with them and accompanied by the Maliks and Amirs who still 

 adhered to them, repaired to the presence of Ulugh Khan. He treated 

 them with great respect on that occasion, and gave them quarters 

 alongside his own pavilion. He then forwarded a despatch announcing 

 his success to Delhi ; whereupon they immediately erected festive 

 canopies, and sounded the drum of rejoicing, published the news of the 

 victory \_Fathndmalt] from the pulpits (of all the mosques), and sent 

 the good tidings in all directions. Thus the Kingdom of Hindustan 

 had been fully and completely consigned to the care of Sultan 'Alaud- 

 din, and no rival or competitor for the Grovernment was now left. 



Ulugh Khan and Zafar Khan taking the captive sons of Sultan 

 Jalaluddin, both of whom were scions of royalty \_Cahib i cliatr~], as well 

 as their Maliks and Amirs, along with them, set out from Multan 

 towards Dehli, crowned with victory and success. Nucrat Khan being 

 deputed from the latter place, met- Ulugh Khan in the midst of 

 his journey, and put out the eyes of Sultan Jalaluddin's sons, of his 

 son-in-law Ulghu, and of Ahmad Chap Naib Amir Ha jib, and then 

 separated their families from them. All their goods and chattels too, 

 provisions,* and slaves, both male and female, together with all that 

 they had, did Nucrat Khan seize upon. He confined Sultan Jalalud- 



* Major Puller's MS. appears to have had rozinah. The Ed. Bibl. Indica 

 (p. 249) has zarrinah, gold vessels, which seems preferable. 



The place where Nucrat Khan met Ulugh Khan is called in Badaom (I, 183) 

 Abhohar, a mauza' near Hansi/ and the Lucknow Edition of Badaoni (p. 47) 

 has Wahr, neither of which names I can trace on our Trig. Survey maps. 



