1 104 WISTORY OF THE PANSAB.
2 prisoners. The king, who was noted for his clemency, at Jength granted peace
3 to the invaders with permission to withdraw from the country. At this
4 time Oghli Khan, a grandson of Changez Khan, with three thousand
5 followers, joined the king, who gave him his daughter in marriage. These
6 Moghals all became converts to Mahomedanism. The emperor, having
7 Aikally Khan ap- appointed his son, Arkally Khan, viceroy of Lahore, Maltdn and Sindh, and
8 ae Vioy of the having left with him a strong force, departed for his capital.
9 Jalal-ud-din was assassinated at the instance of his nephew, Ala-ud-din,
10 Jntintud dim mur. on 19th July, 1295, after reigning for a period of seven years. He was cele-
11 aigrad: ERbork SP. brated for his many amiable qualities, particularly for his humanity and
12 benevolence. He appointed Amir Khusrow his librarian, and, having raised
13 him to the ravk of an Omerah, permitted him to wear white garments, a
14 distinction usually confined to the blood-royal and to the highest nobles of
15 the court.
16 ALA-UD-DIN KHILSL.
17 On the murder of the late king, the queen-dowager placed her youngest
18 son, Kadr Khan, on the throne, the eldest son, Arkally Khan, being in his
19 province of Milt4n and having declined to come to the capital. Ala-ud-din,
20 who had formed the project of establishing an independent kingdom in
21 Oudh, abandoned the idea, and hastened to Delhi, where he was opposed
22 by the young king; but the latter, seeing the troops of Ala-ud-din drawn
23 up in order of battle, retired to the city in despair, and was deserted bya
24 number of his nobles. Ala-ud-din entered the city with great pomp, and was
25 jis sud din crowned crowned king in the latter end of the year 1296. The young king, with his
26 ; mother, his harem, his treasure, and a few of the Omerahs who had remained
27 faithful to the last, set out for Multan, where he joined his brother. Ala-iid-
28 din, finding his position secure, began to concert measures to extirpate the
29 jlledepitchesa Issue of his late uncle Jalal-ud-din Feroz. With this view, he despatched a
30 force of forty thousand horsemen to Miitdn under the command of his bro-
31 thers, Alaf Khan and Zaffar Khan.
32 _ Multdn was laid. under a siege, which lasted two months, but the
33 citizens and the garrison betrayed the cause of the princes, who were swr-
34 eee rendered on promise of general safety, of which the most solemn assurance
35 W toes hited ad yy bat iba Under orders of Aja-ud-din, however, the princes were blinded
36 eee on i. way, put im confinement in Hansi, and subsequently put to death.
37 ie eae % an Ae aes year of his reign, advices reached the king that an army of
38 2 ea meee ie wana under Amir Daud, king of Mawalunahr, was
39 dena hee : he anja with the object of conquering Multan, Léhore
40 a oe carrying everything before him with fire and sword.
41 $8 iSiedeaac : ih te ne eis brother Alaf Khan to check the progress of the invaders,
42 tae dled eg ees came into contact in the district of Lahore. A most
43 Pa sie ag ensued, in which the Moghals were defeated, with a loss of
44 BP ae yacne cf Pan and many of their principal officers. A large number
45 the eet nO pts aie were taken prisoners, and subsequently put to
46 the Moghal ee cy being shown even to women and children captured in
47 Undismayed i i :
48 fiea y fee it previous disaster, the Moghals, under Kutlugh
49 WAL opt net Pani Paiesa oo Khan, king of Mawalunahr, again invaded the
50 PO eae Ores | vo heir army on this occasion, according to Ferishta,
51 sted of two hundred thousand horse, and, having occupied all th tries
52 beyond the Indus, they advanced to the very ee a,
53 cucamped the b anced to the very gates of the capital, and
54 hie aoe ae — are of the Jumna, ‘ The king put himself at the head of
55 = anc gave the invaders battle, when, after a most bloody engage-
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