1871.] A History of the Gable 1 liars. 73 
y. 
Mu’azzam Kha'n. 
{A. D. 1101, A. II. 495.) 
Gliazni taken by tlie Ghorians, recovered by Bahrain. Cruel 
execution of Saifuddin, king of Ghor, by Bahrain. 
YI. 
Ashi' Kha 7 n. 
(A. D. 1135, A. II. 539.) 
Ghazni destroyed by the Ghorians. Khusrau, the son of Bahrain, 
retired to Lahor, where he was received amidst the acclamations 
of his subjects, who were not displeased to see the seat of govern¬ 
ment permanently transferred from Ghazni to their city.' 1 ' 
VII. 
Ba'jar Khadi. 
{A. D. 1152, A. H. 547.) 
Removed his capital from China Ponir to Dangali on the 
right bank of the Jhelam in this district. Foundation of the Mu¬ 
hammadan empire in India by Shihabuddin Ghori. After Shihab- 
uddin’s return from his expedition to Sind, he for the third time 
engaged in hostilities with Khusrau Malik, king of Lalior, the 
last of the Ghaznavites who taking courage from despair made an 
alliance with the Gakk’hars, captured one of Shihabuddin’s 
strongest forts (Sialkot),f and obliged him to call in the aid of 
stratagem for a purpose which force seemed insufficient to accom¬ 
plish. He affected alarms from the West, assembled his army as 
if for operations in Khurasan, and professing an anxious desire to 
make peace with Khusrau Malik, released his son who had been 
given up on a former expedition to Lahor as a hostage, and who 
had hitherto been kept in custody. Khusrau Malik entirely 
thrown off his guard by these appearances, quitted Lahor, and set 
out to meet his son, so unexpectedly restored to him, when Shi¬ 
habuddin put himself at the head of a strong body of chosen 
cavalry, and marching with celerity and secrecy through unfre¬ 
quented routes, suddenly interposed himself between Khusrau 
Malik and his capital, and surrounding his camp by night made 
* Elpliinstone’s History of India, page 304. f Firishtah, page 97. 
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