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him prisoner, and soon after occupied Lahor, which no longer 
offered resistance.* 
VIII. 
Sipihr KhVn. 
(A. D. 1186, A. II. 582.) 
Battle of Tirauri between Pritwl, Rajah of Ajmir and Dihlf, 
and Shihabuddin Ghori, who suffered a total defeat, A. D. 1191. 
Shihabuddin after collecting the wreck of his army at Labor, 
returned to the other side of the Indus, and then remained settled 
at Ghazni. 
IX. 
Surkah Klia'n. 
(A. D. 1199, A. II. 596.) 
It is mentioned in authentic histories that when Shihabuddin 
was defeated by the Turks of Khata on his return from Khwarazm, 
it was currently reported throughout the kingdom that Shihab- 
uddin had been missed in the field of battle, and there was no 
certainty whether he had perished or escaped. Consequently, ene¬ 
mies rose up on all sides, and every one encroached upon a portion 
of his kingdom. Among other enemies one named Rasal, who 
lived in the mountains between Lahor, Kabul, and the sandy 
desert, having united with a number of Gakk’harsf who dwelt in 
those parts and paid tribute to the treasury of Shihabuddin, 
excited a rebellion, began to plunder that tract, and intercept the 
communications between Labor and Ghazni, so that no one could 
pass from one to the other. Upon the return of Shihabuddin to 
Ghazni in safety, he was informed of these transactions and 
consequently resolved to proceed to Hindustan and punish the 
rebellious spirits of that country. For this purpose, he sent an 
order to Amir Muhammad, son of Abu ’ All, whom he had appointed 
governor of Labor and Multan, desiring them to despatch the tri¬ 
bute of the year, 601 A. H., as soon as possible, as it was necessary 
* Elphinstone’s History of India, page 308. 
f Firishtah in liis history (page 102) states that Surkah, the chief of the 
Gakk’hars, who inhabited the country along the banks of the Indus up to the 
foot of the Siwalik mountains, having heard of the death of Shihabuddin, 
claimed the sovereignty of the country, laid siege to the Fort of Lahor, and 
raised a rebellion between the rivers Jhelam and Chanab. 
