270 INDEX And Sher Shah, preparations of, for final struggle, 237 Army of, defeated at battle of the Ganges, 237 Aided in escape by a water-carrier, 237 A wanderer for fifteen years, 238 In the deserts of Bajputana and Sind for three years, 238 Bouts Sikandar Sur at Sirhind, 241 Takes possession of Delhi and Agra in 1555, 241 Character of, 241 Death of, 241 Tomb of, at Delhi, 241-242 Humayun, Bahmanid Sultan, unsuccess- fully besieges Devarakanda, 191 Succeeded by two sons, 192 Hurmuz, port on the Persian Gulf, 3 Husain of Jaunpur, possessions gained during campaigns of, 180 Loses all his possessions at the battle near Kanauj in 1477, 180 Mamluk admiral, attacks the Portu- guese in Arabian Sea, 184 Hushang, son of Dilawar Khan, 181 Hydaspes, a river of India, 15 Ibn Batuta, Moorish traveller, 129 Account of Mohammad Taghlak's cruelty by, 133 Sent to China as ambassador of Mo- hammad Taghlak, 134 Ibn Haukal, Arab traveller in India, 13 Ibrahim, king of Ghazni, 48 Ibrahim, son of Firoz Shah, brief reign of, at Delhi, 98-99 Ibrahim Shah, third ruler of the Sharki dynasty, 177 Bepels advances of Sultan Mahmud, 177 Invades Delhi in 1413, 177-178 Attacked by Sayyids, 178 Battle of, with Sayyids, in 1427, 178 A zealous Moslem, 178 Ibrahim Lodi, Sultan of Delhi, causes leading to revolts in reign of, 197 Execution by, of some of his leading chiefs, 197 Battle of, with Babar, 205-208 Size of army of, in 1526, 206 Night attack upon, by Babar, 206 Army of, advances on Babar on the morning of April 21, 1526, 206-207 Confusion in army of, when it notes preparations made by Babar, 207 Army of, completely routed by Babar on April 21, 1526, 207-208 Death of, at battle of April 21, 1526, 207 Ibrahim Sur seizes Delhi and Agra, 241 Idar annexed to territory of Zafar Khan, 183 Ijari, a city of Northern India, con- quered by Balban, 82 Ikbal Khan drives Nasrat Shah out of Delhi, 170 Holds Delhi for a time, 170 Leads Indian army against Timur in 1398, 166 Death of, 170 Ikdala, fortress of India, spared by Firoz Shah, 147 Renamed Azadpur by Firoz Shah, 161 Ilak Khan, conquered by Mahmud, in 1006, 34 Ilyas Shah gains possession of Satgaon and Sonargaon in 1362, 173 Imad Shah, dynasty of Berar, 192 Imad-al-mulk, king of Berar, 192 India, population of, at present time, 1 Failure of first Arab conquest of, 121 Invasion of, influenced by fall of Sama- nid dynasty, 17 Babar's final invasion of, begun in November, 1525, 206 Indore, city of the Deccan, western limit of the kings of the Deccan, 186 Indus, a river of India, 3, 19 Crossed by Mahmud of Ghazni, 25 Isfahan, city of Persia, 76 Islam, a more congenial faith to Indians than Christianity, 2 Zeal for, in tenth century, 18 Islam Shah, son of Sher Shah, 241 Rivalries of Afghans revived under, 241 Death of, 241 Confusion in kingdom of, 241 Jahanpanah, suburb of Delhi, 137 Jaipal, Brahman raja of the Panjab, 18 Conquered by Mahmud at Peshawar, 19 Release and death of, 20 Jajnagar, district of Orissa, Tughril flees to, 88 Subject to Mohammad Taghlak, 143 Firoz Shah loses himself in, 148 Ruled by Bengal, 174 Jalab, brother of Ibrahim, 197 Jalal Khan, son of Sher Khan, 233 Holds pass leading from Bihar into Bengal, 233 Joins his father at Rohtas, 234 Jalal-ad-din, last Shah of Khwarizm, de- feated by Chingiz in 1221, 75
