[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Conquests (711–1206)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest) › [Tāj al-maʾāthir](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir) › [Taju-l Ma-asir (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot) › 17 # Taj al-maʾathir 17: The Second Visit to Ajmir. Táju-l Ma-ásir (extracts) 17 - **Language:** English ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.17) "In the year 589 H. (1193 A.D.) they represented to the Court that Híráj, the Rái of Ajmír, having raised the standards of perdition, and fanned the flame of idolatry in his heart, had opened the road of rebellion which he had hitherto closed by his deceit, and that from being exceedingly forsaken by God, he had delivered the reins of vanity into the hands of Satan, and having conceived the ladders of grandeur in his brain, had become proud." "Jihtar, supported by an army, hastened to the borders of Dehlí, and the people were suddenly caught in the darkness of his oppression and turbulence, and the blood and property of the Musulmáns fell into danger and destruction. When the mention of these circumstances was made to the blessed ear of the Khusrú, in a moment of courage and royal determination, he employed himself in the punishment and extinction of the rebel." "He ordered that a portion of his victorious army should be set apart and equipped for his personal service, and that the rest of his army should be detached to the frontiers for the subjection of the accursed, and the destruction of the enemies of the state and religion." Kutbu-d dín marched towards Ajmír in the middle of the hot season, "when the armour on the bodies of the valiant was inflamed by the heat of the sun, and the sword in the scabbard melted like wax," so that he was compelled to make night marches. "When Jihtar heard of the approach of the victorious standards, the blackness of sorrow was fixed in his breast," and "knowing that he had not power to oppose them on the field of battle, he tightened the girths of the horse of flight, and sped like the wind out of the net of danger, and arrived at the shore of safety from the whirlpool of destruction, and from fear of the Khusru's sword drew his head within the four walls of that strong fortress of Ajmir, like a tortoise," where, in despair, he sacrificed himself in the flames of a pyre, after which the fort, "which was one of the most celebrated in Hind," was easily taken. "The country of Ajmir was restored to the honours of the ancient time and the dignities of its past days, for the circumstances of that province had altogether departed from their former course to which they now reverted," "religion was re-established," "the road of rebellion was closed," "infidelity was cut off, and the foundations of idol-worship were utterly destroyed." The roads were freed from the fear and danger of robbers, and the oppressed subjects were delivered from their distresses." "The blessed lamp was visited by Rais and Ranas, and the earth was rubbed by the foreheads of the chiefs and celebrated men of Hind." After settling the affairs of Ajmir, Kutbu-d din returned to Dehli. - [Previous: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.16) - [Next: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-elliot.17) · Pramāṇa