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H. ; * when his son Harfm, on the re• commendation of Altuntash's secretary Ahmad 'Abd al• Samad and in recognition of his father's meritorious ser• vices, was granted Khil'at and sent to Khwarazm as a deputy to Mas'Od's son, Sa'td, who was given the title of Khwarazmshdh.
as related to the author of the Tarikh-i-Bayhaqi by Al- tuntash 's secretary, Ahmad 'Abd ul-Samad:- • "When Amir MahmOdreturned from Khwarazm and affairs were settled, there were 7,500 royal cavalry with officers like Qalbaq and others, besides the pages, and Altuntash said to me, 'Here we must keep perfect order so as to have an absolute authority and not let any one strengthen himself with a piece of the land, because there will be spent a tremendous amount of money in the begin• ning of the year for the salary of this army and the grand presents to the Sultan and the nobles of the kingdom.
d, to be sent back to Khwftrazm provid• ed he was consulted in the matter ; but if Mas'fid asked Altuntash anything about it he should say that as he was very old he would much rather sit on Mahmud's grave than command forces, and that one of the Sultan's sons had better be appointed Khwarazmshah, Bu'l-Hasan mentioned him several times to Mas'ud who said that he would send him soon to Khwarazm be• cause he was afraid lest any mishap might befall him.