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EIBUK OK KUTB-U-DIN.
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and by far the more brilliant part of Eibuk's career was finished before he ad. 1210. became independent, for he afterwards reigned only fom- years, and died in 1210. Married the He iiad displayed considerable tact in strengthening his position by affinity. '|;'"Kt«'- "»" He himself married the daughter of Eldoz, who ruled supreme in Ghuznee ; his sister he gave in marriage to Nasir-u-din Kubachi, who held a delegated sovereignty
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m Ctcmcie ; and his daughter he
Scindt gave in marriage to Altamsh, who,
though purchased with his money, held tlie first place in his esteem, and possessed talents which ulti- mately made liim his successor.
Eibuk's affinity with Eldoz di<l not produce the cordiality wliich might have been antici- pated. They not only quarrelled, but proceeded to open war, and carri(Hl it on with a virulence which brought each of them al- ternately to the brink of ruin. Nasir-u-din never thought t)f dis- puting Eibuk's authority ; and so long as his brother-in-law lived, was perfectly satisfied with a delegated sovereignty. He was not dispo.sed, however, to yield the same deference to Altamsh, and made himself independent ruler of Mooltan and Scinde.
Shortly after Altamsii had secured his position as Eibuk's successor, the Aitamsiihi.s whole of Asia was thrown into consternation by the appearance of Ghenghis Khan."' Originally a })etty Mogul chief, he had become the acknowledged sovereign of all Tartary, and, at y««s3aigtv ^^^^ head of its countless hordes, burst through its mountain passes ^Jil^^ with ii-resistible fury. The Sultan of Kharism, at whom the first l^^^MW blow was struck, deserved it for the treachery and barbarity of ^^^SZ^^*^ which he had been guilty, in murdering the ambjvssadors of Ghenghis ; and the penalty was not more than the crime, when he fled to die broken - hearted on a solitary island of the
KfTB lIiNAR, Ueliii.'— After Diiiiiell.
successor
' The Kutb Minar is a column of victory, built by which is circular, forms a polygon of 27 sides, and
Kutb-udiu, to celebrate his conquest of the Hindoos. there are four balconies running round the pillar. It is 4S feet 4 inches diameter at the base, and when - Silver coin of Ghenghis Khan ; weight, 47 grains,
nieasuied in U'M, was 242 feet in height. The base. From Thomas's Coinn of the Kings of Ghuznt.
