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this instant to the imperial pavilion ; for all the people in the city and 

 the camp are your loyal slaves and subjects ; and no sooner will the 

 insignia of loyalty come into their view, and the safety of your august 

 person become known to them, than they will repair to your threshold, 

 and bring the elephants before you, and in a moment the head of the 

 traitor, Ikit Khan, will be cut off and fixed on the point of a spear. 

 Should the night, however, elapse without it being made known to 

 the people, that your Majesty is safe and sound, it is probable that 

 some one may join the wretch, and the insurrection become much 

 more formidable than at present ; and after the people have once made 

 themselves his confederates, and pledged their allegiance to him, the 

 dread of your Majesty will compel them to stick to him." 



Sultan 'Alauddin approved of Hamid's suggestions, and having 

 mounted at once he set out for the camp. On the way, such horse- 

 men as saw that the Sultan was in safety, joined him ; so that by the 

 time he reached the encampment, about 600 horse had collected in 

 his train. As soon as the Sultan arrived near the camp, he ascended 

 an eminence, and shewed himself conspicuously, so that the umbrella 

 of the Sultan was seen by a considerable number. The concourse 

 at the royal pavilion immediately broke up, and the household with 

 the whole of the elephants repaired to the imperial presence ; where- 

 upon Ikit Khan made his escape through an opening in the tent, 

 and mounting a horse, took the road to Afghanpur. The Sultan then 

 coming down from the eminence with regal pomp and splendour, 

 proceeded to his own pavilion, and took his seat upon the throne, and 

 gave a public audience. 



Malik A'azzuddin Yighan Khan and Malik Naciruddin Bur Khan 

 [Ed. B. I., Niir Khan] undertook the pursuit of Ikit Khan, and over- 

 taking him in the vicinity of Afghanpur,* they cut off his head, and pre- 

 sented it before the royal pavilion. By the Sultan's order, the mis- 

 creant's head was fastened on a spear, and carried round the whole camp ; 

 after which it was carried publicly through the city of Dehli, and from 

 thence despatched to Ulugh Khan at Jhayin with an announcement of 



* Badaoni (I, p. 193) says : " Ikit Khan fled towards Afghawpur, and a detach- 

 ment which in forced marches (elghdr) pursued him, caught him, and sent him 

 to the Sultan." Afghanpur is either the town and Parganah in Sambhal, or 

 the mauza' of that name, ' which lies three kos from Tughluqhabad' (Badaoni 

 I, p. 224), where Tughluq Shah died from the fall of the pavilion. Vide also 

 Mr. Cowell's paper in J. A. S. B. for I860, p. 231. 



