1 The Woghals are
2 routed,
3 But the heir-appa-
4 rent is killed.
5 Ke Khusrow, grand-
6 gon of the emperor,
7 appointed governor 0
8 the Panjab.
9 Death of Ghias-ud-
10 din Balban, 1286 a.D.
11 The learned and
12 holy men of his_time.
13 The etiquette of
14 his court.
15 H-"eavalea es.
16 102 HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
17 desirous of engaging with the renowned Moghal chief on equal terms
18 permitted him to pass the river unmolested. The two armies, being drawn
19 up in order of battle on the bank of the river, engaged each other in an
20 action in which both commanders greatly distinguished themselves, each
21 performing prodigies of valour, At length the Moghals gave way, and were
22 hotly pursued by the Indians, Prince Muhammad, becoming tired of the
23 pursuit, separated from the main body with 500 attendants, and, halting on
24 the bank of a stream, became absorbed in prayer. At this juncture, however,
25 a Moghal chief, who had concealed himself in an ambush at the head of 2,000
26 horse in a neighbouring wood, with his detachment, suddenly fell on the
27 prince’s party which was unprepared to meet it. The gallant prince, imme-
28 diately mounting his horse, cheered on his small band to the fight ; anda des-
29 perate conflict took place, in which he was overpowered by superior numbers,
30 and at length fell, mortally wounded, but not before he had three times obliged
31 the Moghals to retreat. A detachment of the Indian army were now seen
32 coming to the rescue, but too late to save their leader. Many prisoners fell
33 into the hands of the Moghals in this conflict. Amir Khusrow, the prince’s
34 favourite and tutor, who so graphically describes the way in which he obtained
35 his release, in his celebrated poem calied “ Khizr Khani,” being among
36 the rest.
37 The news of the death of his beloved son quite prostrated the old
38 king, now upwards of eighty years of age, and he sank rapidly under the
39 , Weight of his affliction, He sent Ke Khusrow, his grandson, son of the
40 deceased prince, to take the command at
41 of his lamented father, and a few day
42 after a reign of twenty-two years,
43 During the reign of Ghids-ud-din Balbén, Delhi became the chief seat
44 of learning and literature and the resort of learned and holy men. There
45 flourished during his time, in Delhi, the celebrated Sheikh Farid-ud-din Masid,
46 entitled Shakargany, Sheikh Baha-ud-din Zakaria, Sheikh Badr-ud-din Arif
47 of Ghazni, the most venerable Khwdja Kutb-ud-din Bakhtidr Kuki, the
48 celebrated saint, and Shidi Moula.
49 _The deceased monarch’s
50 Asia, and, during his reign of twenty-two years, he admitted no one to public
51 office who was not a man
52 Léhore and Multan, in the place
53 s afterwards expired, in the year 1286,
54 When the em
55 stood on the right, accordi
56 The etiquette e P either side of the Afasnad.
57 posing, while suc
58 that none could
59 admiration. No
60 r was Balbd
61 cades. His stat an less sple
62 e elephants were ca ari qi A
63 consisting of a thousand brave, Wnt ee a eee
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