1870.] Translations from the Tarikh i Firuz Shdhi. 19 



[' But I have also heard that these two last things are not brought 

 to thy notice, on account of the impious and shameless Qazi who 

 stands near thy throne ; else, thou wouldst never give thy sanction to 

 such a rebellion against the religion of Muhammad.'] 



[Now the book and the pamphlet written by this teacher of the Hadis 

 came into the hands of Bahauddin, the Counsellor ; and Bahauddin, the 

 ungrateful Counsellor, gave the book to Sultan 'Alauddin, but the 

 pamphlet he did not give and kept it hidden, on account of his par- 

 tiality for Qazi Hamid of Multan. But I, the author of this book, 

 have heard from Malik Qira Beg that the Sultan learned from Sa'd, the 

 logician, that such a pamphlet had arrived ; and he called for the 

 pamphlet, and he wanted to make away with Bahauddin and his son, 

 because he had not given up the pamphlet, and the Sultan was very 

 sorry that Maulana Shamsuddin Turk had returned from Multan dis- 

 appointed.] (Ed. Bibl. Ind., p. 299.) 



Death of JJlugh Khan. Conquest of Chitor. Invasion of the Mughuls. 



Not long after Sultan 'Alauddin had returned from Rantambhur to 

 Dihli, and begun pursuing this parsimonious and cruel conduct to- 

 wards the people, and had thrown open the gate of fines and chastise- 

 ments ; Ulugh Khan fell sick, and while proceeding to the Capital, he 

 died at one of the halting-places on the road. 



Malik A'azzuddin Aburja, [Bur Khan (?), Ed. Bibl. Ind.~] was ap- 

 pointed Wazir in [Shahr i Nau (Jhayin)] the revenue of which was 

 now levied, like that of the environs of Dehli, according to measure- 

 ment and the exact value 'per biswah. 



Sultan 'Alauddin then took the army away again from the Capital, 

 and marching to Chitor, invested that fort, and speedily reduced it, 

 after which he returned to the Capital. Just about the time of his 

 return, an invasion of the Mughuls took place ; for the Mughuls 

 had heard in Mawarannahr, that Sultan 'Alauddin had marched with 

 his army to a distant fortress, and was engaged in besieging it, and that 

 Dihli was consequently unprotected. Turghi accordingly got together 

 two or three tumdns of horse, and reached Dihli by a series of rapid 

 marches with the utmost celerity. 



During this year too, in which the Sultan had proceeded to capture 

 the stronghold of Chitor, Malik Fakhruddin J una Dadbak i hazrat, and 



