352 INDEX Ala-ad-din, greatest of the Khalji rulers, 141 Duration of the reign of, twenty years, 141 Army of, halted at Tankal, 144 Army of, leaves Delhi on expedition against Ma'bar, 144 Route of march of army of, 144, 145 Marches against Billal Deo at fort of Dhur Samundar, 147 Ala-ad-din Bahram Shah, son of Malik Nasir-ad-din Kubacha, sent to at- tend court of Shams-ad-din Al- tamish, 100 Ala-ad-din Jani appointed to the throne of Lakhnauti, 100 Makes war against Raziya, but is slain, 105-106 Ala-ad-din Khan collects an army and invades Delhi, 238-239 Portion of army of, leaves him and goes to the Doab, while others desert to standard of Ibrahim, 241 Details of unsuccessful rebellion of, against Sultan Ibrahim, 237-243 Tenders allegiance to Sultan Ibrahim, 243 Submits to Babar, 247 Alahwar (Lahore), a district of India, 4 Ali ibn Abu-Salib, caliph of Baghdad, 3 Ali ibn Mohammad ibn Abdallah ibn Abu Saif, an Arab historian, 2 Ali Isma'il, commander-in-chief at Delhi, 95 Ali Karmakh, chief of Multan, appointed commander at Lahore, 82 Ali Kuli Beg Istajlu, first husband of Nur Jahan, 317 Ali Masjid, Jahangir encamps at, 315 Ali Sistani sent to clear a road for Timur's army, 193 Allah-dad and a regiment sent to assist the commanders at Jahan-numa, 200 Alrur (Alor), a city of Sind, besieged by and surrendered to Mohammad ibn Kasim, 11-12 People of, submit to Habib ibn al- Muhallab, 15 A dependency of Mansura, 31 Alsakah, a town in India, captured by Mohammad ibn Kasim, 12 Altuniya, governor of Tabarhindh, hi revolt, 108 Leads Raziya's army toward Delhi to regain her kingdom, 108 Captured by Hindus and killed, 109 Altuntash, chamberlain of Mahmud of Ghazni, 55 Commander of centre of Mahmud of Ghazni's army, 61 Amardi, Jahangir encamps at, 311 Ambissa ibn Ishak az-Zabbi, governor of Sind under Mu'tasim bi-Allah, 9 Amir Khusru, a Mohammedan historian, characterization of style of, 141-142 Selection from history of, 142-153 Amir Nasr, brother of Mahmud of Ghazni, commander of right wing of Mahmud's army, 58 Amran ibn Musa ibn Yahya, son of Khalid the Barmacide, is appointed to the frontier of Sind and builds a city called al-Baiza, 5, 22 Twice makes war upon the Meds, 22-23 Death of, 23 Amr ibn Jamal sent to Narand, by the caliph al-Mansur, 21 Amr ibn Mohammad ibn Kasim made an amir, 18 Founds the city of Mansura, 18 Amr ibn Muslim al-Bahali appointed to frontier of Hind by the caliph Omar, 15 Andarabah, on the Sohan, Babar halts at, 233 Andkhod, Mu'izz-ad-din defeated in, 95 Andpal, son of Jaipal, furnishes the fifty elephants demanded of his father as the price of peace, 45 Refusal of, to allow Mahmud of Ghazni to march through his domains results in his downfall, 50-51 Aram, son of Kutb-ad-din, unfit to succeed to the throne, 92 Armail, taken by Mohammad ibn Kasim, 8 Arslan-al-Jazib, commander of left wing of Mahmud of Ghazni's army, 58 Arslan Khan Sanjar, rumours of rebellion of, against Nasir-ad-din, 132-133 Prevailed upon to do homage to Nasir- ad-din, 133 Appointed to rule over Karra, 133 Asi, fort of, Mahmud of Ghazni pro- ceeds against, 71 Asightigin, chamberlain of Mahmud of Ghazni, 55 Aspandi, Timur encamps at, 194 Attok, fort of, Jahangir encamps near, 113 Aurangzib reigns for fifty years, 331 Piety of, 332-333 Holds court three times a day to redress wrongs, 334 Justice of, 334 Excludes Hindu writers from holding public office, 335 Teaches the faith to infidels, 335
