INDEX 353 Alms distributed by, 332, 335, 336 Has mosques repaired at expense of state, 336 Liberality of, 337 Orders the compilation of a digest of Mohammedan canon law, 337-338 Laws promulgated by, 343 Prohibits music and dancing, 343-344 Abolishes custom of the monarch appearing at a window at stated times. 344 Final illness of, 345-346 Death of, 347 Description of tomb of, 347-348 B Baba Hasan Abdal, Jahangir encamps at, 310 Babar, excellence of style of the memoirs of, 223 Hunts rhinoceroses, 224 Marches against Hati Gakkar, at Parhalah, 231-232 Decides upon an invasion of Hindus- tan, 235 Sends detachment after Ghazi Khan, 243-244 Encamps at the mouth of the valley in which Milwat lies, 244 Orders his army to lay siege to the fort of Milwat, 244 Sends a detachment to take Ghazi Khan a prisoner, 246, 247 Marches against Sultan Ibrahim, 247 Receives intelligence that Sultan Ibrahim is advancing to meet him, 250 Details of position of army of, in battle against Ibrahim, 255-258 Defeats Sultan Ibrahim, 258 Takes up quarters at palace of Jalal Khan Jaghat, 260 Advances into Bahrah, thence re- turning to Kabul, 262 Death of, in 1530 A. D., 223, 262 Badaun under sway of Shams-ad-din Altamish, 97 Badauni Abd-al-Kadir, historian of Akbar's reign, selections from work of, 277-293 Badr-ad-din Sankar Rumi, lord chamber- lain succeeding Ikhtiyar-ad-din Iti- gin, 108, 113 Bah (Biyah), see Bias Bahar Deo, the greatest of the rajas of Hindustan, 119, 122 Is defeated by Ulugh Khan, 122 Baharimad attacked, and its suburbs burned, by Habid ibn Marra, 17 Bahrah, Babar marches to attack, 224-227 In the possession of the family of Timur Beg since his invasion of Hindustan. 227 Representatives of inhabitants of, tender submission to Babar, 227 People of, pay ransom to Babar, 228 Babar breaks camp at, 229 Bahrain, an island in the Persian gulf, 2 Bahrain Shah, son of Khusru Malik, imprisoned at Saifrud and put to death, 82 al-Bailaman, people of, surrender to Mohammad ibn Kasim, 13 Conquered by Junaid ibn Abd-ar- Rahman al-Marri, 17 al-Baiza (the white), a city built by Amran ibn Musa ibn Yahya, 5, 22 Bajaur, Babar's army remains three or four months in, 224 Taken by Babar, 261 Bakialan, Babar encamps at, 236 Bala, king of ash-Sharki, killed by Musa ibn Yahya ibn Khalid, 22 al-Baladhuri, a Mussulman chronicler of Baghdad, 1 Selections from history of, 2-24 Balaghat, severe drought in, 321 Balban, Sultan, see Ulugh Khan Balka Malik Khalji captured by Shams- ad-din Altamish, 100 Balkh governed by Ya'kub ibn Lais, 26 Blockaded by the Uzbegs, 238 Bamiar, a town in Afghanistan, early home of Mohammad Ghori, 78 Bandri, Ala-ad-din's army arrives at, 147 Ban Khan Aybek Khitai goes to Nasir- ad-din's camp to complete terms of peace, 125 Banna (Bannu), a district of India, 4 Baran, inhabitants of fort of, accept Islam, 65-66 Barani, Arab historian, selection from works of, 154-162 Barauz, Arabic form of Broach, town and district of Bombay, 2 Barin Lanka, a building in the middle of Lake Ulur (Wulur), built by Zain- al-Abidin, description of, 306 Bashar ibn Daud appointed to the frontier of Skid, but rebels, 21 Basmad, people of, make peace with Mohammad ibn Kasim, 11 Basra plundered by Karmathians, 25 Be-badal Khan, superintendent of the goldsmith's department of Shah Jahan, 325 Behat river, to the east of Bahrah, Babar halts at, 227
