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2 taking Khusrdu’s small force in the réar, cut off his retreat in the direction of A skilful mancuvro,
3 Labore and surrounded his camp at night. Khusréu awoke in the morning
4 only to find himself a prisoner in the hands of his adversaries. Having thus
5 secured the person of the Emperor, Muhammad Ghori demanded instant
6 possession of Ldhore. The gates of the city were thrown open, and
7 Muhammad Ghori took possession of the capital of the Panjab, unopposed, | Lihore conquered |
8 in the name of his brother, the Sultdén of Ghor. Thus the great Ghazni- 'Y Me>vnmet Shot
9 vide dynasty, which had lasted from 962 to 1186, or for 224 years, ceased to
10 exist, and the empire passed from the house of Ghazni to that of Ghor.
11 Khusréu Malik, with his family, was sent to Ghor, and there kept in confine-
12 ment, He reigned twenty-eight years,
13 CHAPTER III.
14 THE GHORI DYNASTY.
15 MUHAMMAD GHORI.
16 HIAS-UD-DIN, having succeeded to the throne of Ghazni, on the death of
17 - his cousin, Saif-ud-din, appointed his brother, Skahab-ud-din Muhammad, saad Gen
18 commonly known as Muhammad Ghori, his general. In the year 1176, this j,,. ye
19 last illustrious leader conducted an army against Multdn, which he completely
20 subdued. He then marched to Uch, the scene of Alexander’s memorable
21 assault, and the place where he was so severely wounded after scaling the
22 walls, The Raja of Uch shut himself up in the fort, which was closely in-
23 vested. Muhammad, finding the fort impregnable, opened private negotia-
24 tions with the rdjd’s wife, and promised to marry “her if she would make
25 away with her husband. This base woman returned for answer that her
26 own days were spent, but that she had a young and beautiful daughter ‘he persay of a
27 whom she would be glad to marry to the Sultan if she were left in undisturb- ™i#’s wite.
28 ed possession of the country and the wealth it contained, and that, on the
29 Mahomedan general agreeing to these terms, she would immediately des-
30 patch the rdjé. Muhammad agreed to this proposal, and the wicked woman
31 found means of putting her husband to death. The gates_of the fort were
32 opened by the rani, and Muhammad took possession of it without trouble.
33 Agreeably to his promise Muhammad married the raja’s daughter, on her
34 embracing Islém; but he had no hesitation in breaking his promise with the
35 mother, for, instead of entrusting her with the government of the country,
36 he sent her off to Ghazni, where she soon after died of remorse and vexation.
37 Nor did the daughter survive her long, for, in the short space of three years,
38 she also fell a victim to a broken heart. Having conferred the government
39 of Miltdén and Uch on one Ali Kirm4ni, Muhammad returned to Ghazni.
40 Muhammad's expeditions to Léhore in 1180, 1184 and 1186 have been
41 described in the preceding chapter. Having settled the province of Ldhore,
42 he entrusted the government to Ali Kirmdéni, and himself retired to Ghazni. ati inmaniappoint-
43 His campaigns in the provinces of Hindostdn are matters of Indian history. pigepo7™e f te
44 In the year 1193 a.D., the great battle of Nardin was fought on the banks
45 of the Sarsuti. In this battle the chosen champions of the soil and the
46 best representatives of Aryan chivalry were arrayed on the side of the _ the great battle of
47 Hindus, and it virtually decided the fate of Hindostdén. Pirthi Raj, the Nm 10 4->
48 raja of Ajmere, the head of the Chohan Rajputs and the descendant of one
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