1869.] Translations from the TdrilcJi i Firuz Shdhi. 191 



the bands of the orthodox army, who now pillaged the entire country. 

 The idol, which subsequently to Sultan Mahinud's victory and the 

 destruction of the Manat, had been named Somnat by the Brahmins, 

 and had become a popular object of worship among the Hindus, was 

 also dragged from thence and forwarded to Delhi, where it was 

 trampled under foot by the populace. 



Nucrat Khan next proceeded to Kambait, from the Khwajahs of 

 which place, who had grown excessively opulent, he exacted bullion, 

 jewels, and other valuables to a vast extent. He also took Kafur 

 Hazar Dinari, who became Malik Naib, and with whose beauty 

 Sultan 'Alauddin was captivated, forcibly from the Khwajah, his 

 master, and sent him to the Sultan. 



After thoroughly ravaging and plundering G-ujrat, Ulugh Khan and 

 Nucrat Khan set out on their return loaded with immense spoils, and 

 on the way back, in order to collect their fifth share of the body, 

 and in searching after and scrutinizing the amount of the spoils, they 

 inflicted various penalties and punishments, and carried their investi- 

 gation to the extreme ; for they placed no credence whatever on what 

 the soldiery put down in writing, but persisted in calling for more. 

 By dint of persecution [banamah-dl~\ they endeavoured to exact the 

 gold, silver, jewels, and all other valuables and used to put the 

 troops to all kinds of torture, till at last the soldiery were unable to 

 bear such tyranny and ill-usage any longer. 



The number of newly converted Amirs and horsemen in the army 

 was very considerable ; so having entered into a combination, some 

 two or three thousand horsemen assembled together, and mutinied.* 

 They first slew Malik A'azzuddin, the brother of Nucrat Khan, who 

 was Amir Hajib to Ulugh Khan ; and with a great uproar forced their 

 way into Ulugh Khan's pavilion ; but the Khan dreading their fury, 

 escaped out of his tent, and conveyed himself by stratagem to Nucrat 



son, fell in love. When the poet Khusrau of Dihli was told by the prince of his 

 deep attachment, he composed his 'Ashiqah, (often wrongly spelt 'ishqiyah,) 

 "which he dedicated to Khizr Khan.' Baddoni. 



The Lucknow Edition of Firishtah calls the princess Kanidd Bi. Cowell 

 suggests Kamald Bevi. 



Karan, according to Firishtah, went from Deogir to Baglanah, e which lies on 

 the frontier of the Dak'hin, but was then attached to Gujrat.' For Rdm Beo, 

 the Ed. B. I. of Badaoni has Bvramdeo (?). 



* Firishtah calls the leader of the rebels Muhammad Shah. He says, the 

 mutiny took place at Jdlor ( Jodhpur) ; but the editions of Badaoni have Alivar, 

 which lies nearer to Rantanbhur and Jhayin to the chief of which place, 

 Hamir Deo [Ed. Bibl. Indica, Hambar Beo~\, the mutineers ultimately retreated. 



