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children, and my followers and dependants would never be permitted 

 to live." 



When Sultan Alauddin had heard 'Alaulmulk's opinions, he 

 was highly pleased with him and said — " The views that you 

 have expressed are decidedly correct, and I will do exactly according 

 to what Grod has brought forth from your lips." He then present- 

 ed 'Alaulmulk with a garment wrought in gold with pictures of tigers, 

 a woven waist belt, 15,000 tankahs, two caparisoned horses, and a 

 couple of landed estates. Out of the four Khans too, in whose pre- 

 sence 'Alaulmulk had continued from early morn till midday ex- 

 plaining his views, as given above before the throne, every one of them 

 sent to his house three or four thousand tankahs, and two or three 

 caparisoned horses. As soon as the above opinions reached the ears 

 of the ministers, officials, and other wise men of the city, they also 

 highly lauded and commended Alaulmulk's sagacity and good advice. 



This event occurred in the days, when Zafar Khan had returned 

 from the Siwistan expedition, and had not yet suffered martyrdom in 

 the engagement with the miscreant Qutlugh Khwajah. 



Sultan 'Alauddin resolved in the first place to capture the fort of 

 Kantambhur, as it was not only somewhat near the capital of Dihli, 

 but was already encompassed with a besieging force under Hamir Deo, 

 the son of Pathora Rai. He accordingly despatched thither Ulugh 

 Khan, who held the Bianah district ; and directed Nucrat Khan, who 

 was then Jagirdar of Karah, to move likewise with the whole forces 

 of Karah and the troops of the districts on that side of Hindustan, to 

 Rantambhur, and cooperate with Ulugh Khan in taking the fortress. 

 Ulugh Khan and Nucrat Khan having captured Jhayin,*' invested the 

 stronghold of Rantambhur, and exerted themselves to the utmost in the 

 construction of entrenchments and batteries, while a constant shower 

 of projectiles was kept up from the fort. One of these missiles hap- 

 pened to strike Nucrat Khan, whereby he was seriously wounded, and 

 after two or three days he expired. 



As soon as intelligence of this event reached Sultan 'Alauddin, he 



* JMyin (^.jl^) lies near Rantambhur. " It is known under the name of 

 Naushalir." Bad. I, p. 190. The Society's Editions of Badaoni and Zia i 

 Barani have invariably, but wrongly, ^ly*. Jhdbin. Vide Elliot's Index (First 

 Edition), p. 193. 



