INDEX 275 Fall of empire of, 47 Death of, 47 Descendants of, 48 Mas'ud, nephew of Kaziya, brief reign of, 79-80 Mas'udi, Arab traveller of the tenth cen- tury, 18 Masulipatan, city of Madras, taken by Bahmanid Sultan Mohammad II, 191 Mathura (Muttra), a city of India on the Jumna, reached by Mahmud of Ghazni, 25 Maudud, viceroy at Balkh, 46 Medini Rao, lord of Chanderi, 182 Death of, 182 Rajput vizir of Malwa, 216 Meds, a tribe of India, aid Mohammedan invaders, 10 Mekran, seacoast district of Persia, Arab invasion from, 4 Mohammad ibn Kasim marches through, 6 Merv, a city of Turkistan, Mas'ud de- feated near, in 1040, 37, 47 Mewat, territory of Delhi, tribute ex- acted from, 171 Minjah-as-siraj, contemporary of Shams- ad-din Altamish, 73 Mirat, city of the Northwest Provinces, captured by Kutb-ad-din Aybek, 70 Taken by Timur in 1399, 168 Mirza Haidar, Arab historian, 237 Moghul Emperors, dynastic list of the, 254 Moghuls, founding of dynasty of, 193 "Moguls, Great," Babar first of the, 208 Mohammad, grandson of Dilawar Khan, murdered in 1435, 181 Mohammad I, Bahmanid Sultan of the Deccan, reduces Warangal, 187 Subdues raja of Vijayanagar, 188-189 Mohammad II, Bahmanid Sultan, con- quests of, 191 Mohammad Bakhtiyar, a Mohammedan general, 69 Makes Lakhnauti his capital, 71 Mohammad Ghori (Mu'izz-ad-din), con- quers Multan in 1175, 64 Conquers Anhalwara in 1178, 54 Conquers Peshawar in 1179, 64 Ravages Hindustan for 30 years, 54 Ravages Lahore in 1184, 65 Fortifies Sialkot in 1184, 65 Seizes and garrisons Sirhind, 56 Defeats Khusru Malik in 1186 or 1186, 65 Defeated at Narain by Rajputs, in first encounter, 57 Victorious over the Rajputs in the second encounter at Narain, 58 Victorious over the Rathors on the Jumua, 58 Victorious at Gwalior, 59 Victorious at Badaun, 69 Victorious at Kalpi, 69 Victorious at Kalinjar, 59 Victorious at Anhalwara, 69 Invades Khwarizm, GO Death of, in 1206, 00 Re'sume' of career of, 60-62 Mohammad ibu Kasim, Arab invader of India, 5 Adventures of, 6-6 Terms given to Hindus by, 10-11 Death of, 11-12 Mohammad, son of Balban, 86 Death of, in 1285, 91 Mohammad, son of Firoz Shah, allowed to rule his father's domains in 1387, 158 Misgovernment of, causes revolt among slaves, 158 Secures Delhi in 1390, 161 Four years' reign of, a series of re- bellions, 161 Mohammad Sultan, cousin of Huniayun, makes bid for the throne, 227 Proclaimed king at Kanauj, 231 Mohammad Taghlak, innovations of, in government, cause revolts, 130-131 Death of, 131-132, 145 Character of, 130-134 State of empire at beginning of reign of, 132 Empire of, impoverished at time of death, 132 Discusses with Barani certain questions of government, 132-133 Tortures and kills his subjects, 133 Treatment of strangers by, 134-135 Extravagances of, 134-135 Generosity of, 134-135 Massacres natives who abandon their land, 136 Transfers capital to Devagiri, 136 Orders the population of Delhi to move to Daulatabad, 137-138 Organizes system of government loans to agriculturists, 139 Abolishes all but two taxes in 1341, 139 Token currency of, 139-142 Revolts in kingdom of, 143, 186 Rules twenty-three provinces at be- ginning of his reign, 143 Aided in vain by Abbasid caliph of Cairo, 144 All efforts of, unavailable to restore loyalty of people, 145 Succeeded by Firoz Shan, 145
