_ 343 _ From there he went to Corcono where he defeated a great King named Esbequer and deprived him of his kingdom. He took no more than thirty thousand fighting troops to that war and the other King had over sixty thousand. The Sheikh attacked from one direction, his wife from another, and in no time at all they defeated and killed the King. The Sheikh cut off his head, had his skull enchased in gold, and made it into a drinking cup for use at feasts. This was done and the country once more at peace, he returned to Persia and found that one of his brothers had rebelled in the city of Tabriz. He marched against him and killed him with three other conspirator brothers. Afterwards he killed his mother because she wrote to one of the Turk’s captains to attack him and that she had the means to deliver Tabriz and the Sheikh into his hands. He likewise killed two sisters for consulting an astrologer as to whether their husbands really loved them. He thus remained the sole master of what belonged to four or five Kings and Lords. He subjected some of their Kings to pay tributes and he made others his vassals to serve him with people rather than tributes, and these are as follows: The King of Shardon The King of Guilena
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