280 INDEX One of the two capital cities of Bengal, 173 Spain, Saracens in, 2 Arab conquest of, 5 Sur, Afghan stronghold, chiefs of, 61, 62 Surat, district and town in Bombay, 182 Sutlaj, a river of the Pan jab, crossed by Mahmud of Ghazni, 26 Syria conquered by Arabs, 4 Taghlak, warden of the marches under Ala-ad-din, afterwards made king, 119, 127 Marches against Khusru Khan, to save Delhi, 127 Order restored in Delhi by, 128 Leads his army to Bengal, 129 Death of, in 1326, 129 House of, Mohammedan dynasty, 63 House of, dynastic list of the, 253 Taghlak Shah II, son of Fath Khan, appointed to rule the realm of Firoz Shah, 158 Death of, 161 Taghlakabad, suburb of Delhi, founded by Taghlak, 137 Tana, city near Bombay, Arab expedition to, in 637, 3 Tanka, a copper coin, forgeries of, 141 Gold, introduced by Balban, 76 Gold, rise in value of, 141 Gold and silver, the standard currency of Mohammad Taghlak, 142 Silver, standard coin in India in the thirteenth century, 76 Silver, corresponds in weight to English florin, 76 Tapti, valley of, in the Deccan, retains its independence, 186 Tariff under Ala-ad-din, 117 Tatar Khan, a general under Firoz Shah, 155 Taxation and confiscation of property under Ala-ad-din, 107, 110 In the Doab in the reign of Ala-ad-din, 117 Under Mohammad Taghlak, 135 Effect of, on natives, in the reign of Mohammad Taghlak, 136-136 Under Firoz Shah, as laid down in the Koran, 150 Telingana, region of the Deccan, 119, 129 Tributary to Delhi, 137 Lost to the Bahmanid Sultans, 192 Thanesar, a city in the Panjab, Mahmud of Ghazni fights a battle near, 24 Thatta, city of Sind, unsuccessful expe- dition of Mohammad Taghlak against, 145 Unsuccessful expedition of Firoz Shah against, 148 Thomas, Edward, citation from, 140 Tilak, appointed commander in the Panjab, 44 Personality of, 45 Timur, Moghul invader of India, 63 Decision of, to invade India, 162 Conquests of, in India, 161-169 Line of march of, after leaving Samar- kand in 1398, 165 Description of the taking of Delhi by, 165-167 Prisoners of, at Delhi, sent to Samar- kand to teach the handicrafts of India, 167 Accepts a ransom for his prisoners at Delhi, 167 Army of, pillage and massacre at Delhi unrestrained, 167-168 Victorious at Mirat, 168 Takes Jammu, 169 Takes Nagarkot, 169 Victorious at Hardwar, 169 Leaves India, 169 Last sovereign of the race of, dies in exile at Rangoon, 201 Dynasty of, downfall of the, 201 Conquests of, afford Babar a claim to the Panjab, 204 Tipara, district of Bengal, scanty knowl- edge of, 174 Tirhut, city of Bengal, mints of Moham- mad Taghlak at, 143 Token currency of Mohammad Taghlak, 139-142 Tomaras, Hindu dynasty at Delhi and Kanauj, 23 Succeeded by the rajas of Kanauj, 58 Tomb of Babar still a place of pilgrimage, 223 Troops, Delhi, desert to the cause of Tughril, 88 Division among, of booty secured at Delhi and Agra, 208 Trichinopoli, southern limit of kingdom of Vijayanagar, 188 Tughril, fifteenth governor of Bengal, 87 The usurper of Bengal, 87-88 First and second armies sent against, defeated, 88 Defeated by Balban, 88-90 Camp of, attacked by Balban, 89-90 Death of, 90 Tughril Beg, Seljuk king of Khorasan, 37 Tulughma, national Moghul manoeuvres, 206
