The Ornament of Histories: a History of the Eastern Islamic Lands AD 650-1041 by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857719577
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: 2011-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

The Meeting of Yūsuf Qadïr Khān and Sultan Maḥmūd, God’s Mercy upon Them Both!

When Qadïr Khān, who was the leading figure in all Turkestan and the Great Khan, received news of Yamīn al-Dawla’s crossing the Oxus, he set out from Kashghar with the aim of arranging an encounter with Amir Maḥmūd, so that he might then go and meet with him face to face and renew their previous agreement. Leaving Kashghar, he came to Samarqand and travelled on from there, with peaceful and amicable intentions, until he came within a parasang of Amir Maḥmūd’s army and encamped there. He ordered a camp enclosure to be erected, and he sent envoys to acquaint Amir Maḥmūd [M 271] with his arrival and to express his keen desire for a meeting with him. Amir Maḥmūd sent back a correspondingly enthusiastic reply and named a place for their meeting. Then the Amir and Qadïr Khān, both accompanied by detachments of cavalry, [N 83] went to this place. When they came into view of each other, they both dismounted. Amir Maḥmūd had previously given a jewel of high value, wrapped up in a cloth, to his treasurer, instructing him to place it in Qadïr Khān’s hands. Qadïr Khān had similarly brought with him a jewel, but through the fear and agitation which had come over him had forgotten it. Only after he had left Maḥmūd’s presence did he remember it, so he sent it with one of his retainers, sought forgiveness (i.e. for his negligence) and returned to his camp. The next day, Amir Maḥmūd gave orders for a large tent of embroidered brocade to be erected and for an entertainment to be prepared, and he sent an envoy to Qadïr Khān inviting him as his guest.

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