1 The character of
2 Masid.
3 Maudud, son of
4 Mastd assumes the
5 crown and marches on
6 Lahora,
7 Muhammad put to
8 death.
9 Insurrection of the
10 Thindu rayas, 1043 ap,
11 They advance and
12 lay sitive to Lahore,
13 Batare dahved,
14 88 HISTORY OF TUE PANJAB.
15 but at the same time affable and generous. Like his great father, he was a
16 patron of learning, and builé many handsome mosques and palaces * and
17 endowed colleges and schools.
18 SULTAN MAUDUD.
19 Maudid, hearing of his father’s murder, repaired in all haste to Ghazni
20 where he was crowned Sultan amidst the acclamations and rejoicings of his
21 people. He then immediately marched to Lahore to avenge his father's
22 death. Muhammad, who was blind, having appointed his younger son, Prince
23 Ndmi, to the government of Peshdwar and Miltdn, marched in person to
24 the Indus to give battle to Maudfid. An action was fought at Dhantor
25 between uncle and nephew, when victory declared for Maudid. Muhammad,
26 with his sons and several officers who had taken part in the deposition of
27 Mastid, being taken prisoners, were, with the exception of Abdul Rahim,
28 the son of the blind king Muhammad, put to the sword. At the spot where
29 he had gained the victory, Maudtid founded a town which, from the triumph
30 he had gained, he called Fathdbdid. The remains of Mastid and his family
31 were carried to Ghazni, to be interred in the family vault. Prince Nami,
32 the son of the blind king Muhammad, having mutinied at Miltan, a force
33 under the Wazir Ahmad was sent to reduce him to subjection, and the
34 prince was defeated and slain. Maudtid had now no rival left except Madud,
35 his own brother, then in charge of Lahore, who was not disposed to yield
36 to him. Accordingly, Maudid marched with a large army to reduce him;
37 but before any decisive action could be fought, Madtid was, on the morning
38 of the- id Kurban festival, found dead in his bed, and hence all opposition
39 ceased.
40 In the year 1043, the Hindu rajas of Northern Hindostén availed
41 themselves of the absence of Maudiid at Ghazni, where he had gone to subdue
42 a fresh Salink insurrection, to form a confederation, and, having retaken
43 Hansi and Thanesar with their dependencies, re-established the temple of
44 Nagarkot in great splendour. This success inspired the rdjds of the Panjab
45 with such confidence that three of them advanced to invest Lahore, at the
46 head of 10,000 horse anda numerous body of foot. Siege was laid to the city,
47 and the dilapidated walls were soon laid in ruins ; but the Mahomedan garrison
48 within defended the town, street by street, and fought desperately in defence
49 of their faith, children and property, so that, for a period of seven months,
50 all the efforts of the Hindus to reduce the town failed. No succour having,
51 however, arrived, and the garrison being reduced to sore straits by famine,
52 the brave defenders at length resolved either to win a victory or to die the
53 iin of martyrs. Accordingly they made a sortie and fought with such
54 a ution that the Hindus fled and were pursued with great slaughter.
55 us victory had the effect of breaking up the Hindu confederation, and the
56 Indian possessions of the Ghaznivide dynasty remained in peace for the rest
57 pe ee ee
58 * One of these palaces w: i 4 . 2
59 ba fhe me wich ee nee hes 2p Soe PaRE JO, ge contsingd magnet
60 Over it was suspended, with a golden chain, a crown which emitted lustre from numerous pre-
61 Gee renee: forming a canopy for the King, when he sat in state to give the public audience.—
62 Mr. Rodgers found the coins of Masiid I. in the city of Amri
63 i @ . ritsar.
64 and bull type with the name R) Sg ee
65 some Masiid Muhammad and
66 t They were of the horse
67 «0 Masud over the horse. Some had on them Opto
68 Uyomve Opru~o Mastid Mahmud.
69 . Ir. Rodgers believes thes i i jati
70 ed oF Bengal, No. 1, January 18st" struck by Mastid at Lahore.—Journal of Asiatic
71 tr. Thomas, at paze 38 of hi
72 ane MAS, AL Page | is work on the Pathan Kings i, giv ¢
73 1 Or Masid in Kuti letters clearly legible above ie ome besa’ emer en trent:
74 Pd
75 sor
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