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2 invaded by the Moghals from Kandahar and Talikhan, under the command
3 of Mangu Khan. The Moghals advanced as far as the Indus and laid
4 siege to Uch. The king, putting himself at the head of his troops, marched
5 to meet the enemy in person. He had advanced as far as the Bids, when,
6 hearing that the enemy had been repulsed by the local authorities, he
7 retired to his capital. On his return to Delhi, the king gave himself up
8 to debauchery, and neglected the affairs of the empire. The nobles, wearied
9 of his excesses and cruelties, determined to depose him, and invited his
10 uncle, Nasfr-ud-din, from Baraich to ascend the throne. When Nasir-ud-din | Heis deposed by
11 arrived, he found the imbecile king already deposed and in prison, where Ma'niinonime
12 he subsequently died, haviug reigned only four years and one month. ment, 1246 a.D,
13 NASIR-UD-DIN MAHMUD.
14 Nasir-ud-din Mahmid, who was crowned king of Delhi on the 10th ,,Qestuddin Mad |
15 June, 1246, was the youngest son of Shams-ud-din Altamash, and was Delhi, 12404.»
16 appointed by him viceroy of Bengal. At his father’s death he was thrown
17 into confinement by the cruel queen, Shah Turkdn, and remained a prisoner
18 until the accession of King Mastd, who conferred on him the governorship
19 of Baraieh. -
20 Nasir-ud-din, on ascending the throne, conferred the office of minister, with
21 the title of Alagh Khan, on Malik Ghias-ud-din Balban, originally a slave qo oiuosud-din alban,
22 of Shams-ud din Altamash, who subsequently gave him his daughter in .
23 marriage. Ghias-ud-din’s nephew, Sher Khan, having received the title of
24 Moazzam Khan, was appointed to the government of the Panjab, including Sher Khan, governor
25 Miltdn, Bhatner and Sirhind. Sher Khan was one of the most renowned % te Pani.
26 men of his age. He possessed all princely qualities, was a good soldier in
27 the field, and a talented counsellor at court. He rebuilt the forts of Bhatner
28 and Sirhind, and maintained a standing army to watch the hostile move-
29 ments of the Moghals, who had now become masters of Ghazni, Kébul,
30 Kandahar, Balkh and Herat.
31 In July, 1247, the king marched in person, at the head of his army, in
32 the direction of Multan, and encamped for some time on the banks of the
33 Indus. He then visited the provinces of the Indus, with the view of
34 chastising the Ghakkars for their continued inroads, and for the assistance Punishment of tha
35 rendered by them to the Moghals in their incursions into the Panjab. ~~” ae
36 Thousands of these Ghakkars, of all ages, and both sexes, were captured
37 and carried away into confinement,
38 In the year 1248, Nasir-ud-din married the daughter of his wazir,
39 Ghias-ud-din Balban, and in the year following he marched to Maltdén at the The emperor marches
40 head of an army. Sher Khan, the viceroy of Léhore, nephew of the wazir, ° VY 64».
41 joined him on the banks of the Bias with twenty thousand chosen horse.
42 The king remained at Multdn for a few days, and, having appointed
43 ¥yz-ud-din Balban to the government of Nagore and Uch, and restored order
44 in those districts, he returned to Delhi. In the year 1250, Sher Khan, the
45 talented viceroy of Léhore, equipped an army and marched towards _ Ghazni annexed to
46 Ghazni, which he annexed once more to the empire of Delhi, driving the ivi
47 Moghals from the country. Coins were struck in the name of Nasir-ud-din,
48 and he was acknowledged king of all the territories in that province. Two
49 years later, the king again marched to Multan, where several forts had been
50 lost in consequence of the attack of a large body of insurgents from Sindh.
51 The rebellion was quelled, and the government of Miltaén was conferred on
52 Arsula Khan. Towards the latter end of 1257, a Moghal army, having
53 crossed the Indus, committed depredations in the Panjab; but the emperor
54 marched against them, and the Moghals, hearing of his approach, retired.
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