1 Delhi conquered
2 and made the seat
3 of the Mahomedan
4 empire of India,
5 1193 a.pD.
6 Lahore captured by
7 the Ghakkars,
8 Who are defeated
9 with great slaughter
10 by Qutb-ud-din Ebak.
11 Agsassination of the
12 Sultan, 1205 a._p,
13 Te lnid the founda.
14 tion of the great Ma-
15 Lomedan empire in
16 lodia.
17 94 HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
18 of the princes of mount Abd, was taken prisoner and afterwards put to
19 death; while Chawand Rai, the king of Delhi, a descendant of the Tomdra
20 réjés, and many other Princes, were slain on the field. Thousands of the
21 inhabitants were put to the sword, and incalculable wealth fell into the
22 conqueror’s hands. In the course of the same year, Qutb-ud-din Ebak, the
23 general of Muhammad, took the fort of Mirath and the town of Delhi from
24 the family of Chawand Rai. Delhi henceforward became the seat of the
25 Mahomedan government in India, and the inhabitants of all the surround-
26 ing districts were compelled to embrace the faith of Islam.
27 Meanwhile the Ghakkars,* a tribe in the mountains of the Panjab,
28 having raised the standard of revolt, committed great depredations, laying
29 waste the country between the Jhelum and the Chendb. These wild people
30 overran the whole of the Panjab and even captured Léhore. Muhammad
31 Ghori, who was now at Ghazn{, hearing this, marched into the Panja&b. He
32 first attacked Mdultén, which had also revolted, and, being joined by many
33 friends, he defeated Zirak, the traitor who, having assassinated Amir Daud
34 Hasan, the kings’s viceroy at Multdn, had usurped the province a short
35 time before. He then ordered his general, Qutb-ud-din Ebak, to attack
36 the Ghakkars on the east, while the king personally engaged them from
37 the west. The Ghakkars now found themselves between two fires. They
38 were defeated with great slaughter, and most of their number were converted
39 to the faith of Isl4m. Ldhore having been recovered from their hands,
40 Qutb-ud-din returned to his goverriment of Delhi.
41 Having settled the affairs of India, the Sultan, on his way to Ghazni,
42 encamped near the village of Rohtak on the bank of the Indus. Here a
43 body of Ghakkars, who had lost some of their relations in the late wars, en-
44 tered into a conspiracy to take his life. The tents in which the king slept
45 were allowed to remain open to admit fresh air from the riverside. This
46 enabled the assassins to see into the sleeping apartments, and, eluding the
47 sentinel placed at the door, they found their way into the tent. Two slaves,
48 who were fanning the king, on seeing the assassins, stood petrified with
49 horror, and the assassins immediately plunged their daggers into the Sultan’s
50 body and killed him, inflicting on him no less than twenty-two wounds.
51 This event took place on 14th March, 1205.
52 Thus fell Sultan Shahab-ud-din, surnamed Muhammad Ghori, one of the
53 greatest Mahomedan kings that ever ruled an Asiatic empire. His remains
54 were carried in mournful pomp to Ghazni, in a hearse, and there interred
55 in a new vault which had been constructed for his daughter. He reigned
56 thirty-two years from the commencement of his rule over Ghazni and three
57 years from his accession to the throne, and left no issue
58 ancestor Mahmud, he had to encounter combinations of the Hin
59 Mahmud came to conquer, to plunder, and to return laden w
60 mad came to conquer, retain the country conquered, and d
61 laid the foundation of a subsequently great Mahomedan e
62 Like his great
63 dus; and while
64 ith spoils, Muham-
65 ie in it. Thus he
66 mpire in India.
67 * According to Farishta, the Ghakkars were a
68 along the banks of the NilAb up to the foot of the ALi i i
69 7 Nuab, ) e Sevalik Hills. The ligion
70 PaPmERata SL ane committed great cruelties on the Mahomedans. The veressed Teton of
71 tie heeds tie Anco the beermaisenaen Ae anon oe = Heinle child was born, the father would
72 : voise . , ding the child in one h Q knife in the
73 See pei shake if any one wanted a wife, he was at liberty to take ee te nobody
74 number af male : Ele: i ian immediately put to death. Thus, among the G hakkars the
75 Ghori converted the chiet of his ¢ that of the females, and polyandry existed Muhammad
76 and, having Conferted on hin . Ate sine to the faith of Islim, released him from confinement,
77 Sere easly Gana te Ta ay ress of honour, restored him to the chiefship. His followers
78 between Ghazni and the Indus becsane ca RA fete most of the inhabitants of the hills
79 perguasion. € converted to Mahomedanism,—some by force, others by
80 ace of barbarians, inhabiting the country
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