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restored it, was placed by liis father in charge of the western frontiers 
of the Dihli kingdom, as it then existed; and the fiefs of Samanah, 
Debal-pur, and as much of the Labor province as was in the possession 
of his father, were conferred upon him. Muhammad Sultan used to 
send his troops to patrol as far west as the Biah, and to guard the 
frontier from the incursions of the Mughals, who held all the parts 
beyond or west of the Rawi under subjection. From their domination 
Multan had only lately been recovered ; and they carried their inroads 
into the parts between that city and Labor, which was still in ruins, as 
far as, and even beyond, the banks of the Biah, which washed the walls 
of Debal-pur. 
Muhammad Sultan, subsequently, on an invasion of the Panj-ab 
territory by the Mu gh al infidels, under the Nii-in or Nu-yan, both being 
correct, Timur, 203 in 684 H. (1285-86 A. D.), moved from Multan to 
encounter them. He fell in with them between Debal-pur and Labor, 
and overthrew them ; but he was afterwards killed by a body of the 
invaders which had rallied during the pursuit, and came upon him un¬ 
expectedly when almost alone, at a well, where he had alighted to refresh 
himself, and to say his prayers, and when he supposed they had all 
disappeared. On this account he is styled “the Khan-i- Shahid ” or 
“ Martyred Khan.” It was in this affair that Amir Khusrau. the Poet, 
was made captive by the Mu gh als. 209 
“ Malik Sher Khan, was greatly trusted, and held in great respect and reverence ; 
for he was as the Sadd-i-Yajuj Majiij [the Barrier of Gog and Magog] against the 
Mughals, whom he had repelled on several occasions. He brought under subjection 
to his authority the Jats, Khokhars [not “ GicJcers ” or “ Ghukhurs ”], Bhatis, 
Meniahs [Ma’ins ?], and Mandahrs, and other marauding tribes, which those who 
succeeded him were unable to control. Sher Khan died early in the reign of his 
kinsman, Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Balban, the Ilbari Turk, and never used to come to 
Dihli; and it is said, but, apparently, without good reason, that the Sultan caused 
poison to be administered to him.” The author of the “ Tarikh-i-Finiz-Shah-i says 
he died at Bhatuir, where a fine tomb was erected over him. 
For more respecting this great feudatory, see my “ Translation of the Tabakat- 
i-Nasiri,” page 791. 
Called by some writers Timur Aka, which is, doubtless, his correct name. 
Nu-in or Nuyan merely indicates his rank. 
209 Another battle with the Mughal invaders took place in 691 H. (1292 A. D.) 
in the reign of the Khalj Turk Sultan, Jalal-ud-Din, Ffruz Shah, on the confines of 
Bar-ram ( fbji), with the river between ; but I cannot discover whereabouts this 
place is, or was, situated. In the printed text of the A’in-i-Akbari (in which the 
names of places are often incorrect) the word is Bagram; and lest it should be sup¬ 
posed to refer to Pes’hawar, the old name of which was Bagram, I beg to state that 
that part is not referred to. This Bar-ram was in Hindustan, the Mughals having 
entered it; and Bagram of Pes’hawar is not Hindustan. 
