Riyaz al-salatin 30.10

30.10

Suddenly, one of the soldiers plunged with his horse into the river, and went about one arrow-shot, when another soldier seeing this, plunged similarly into the river. As the river had a sandy bed, with a little movement, all were drowned. Only Muhammad Bakhtiar with one thousand cavalry (and according to another account, with three hundred cavalry) succeeded in crossing over; the rest met with a watery grave. After Muhammad Bakhtiar had crossed safely over the tumultous river with a small force, from excessive rage and humiliation, in that the females and the children of the slaughtered and the drowned from alleys and terraces abused and cursed him, he got an attack of consumption, and reaching Deokot died. And according to other accounts, 'Ali Mardan Khilji, who was one of his officers, during that illness, slew Bakhtiar, and raised the standard of sovereignty over the kingdom of Lakhnauti. The period of Malik Ikhtiaru-d-din Muhammad Bakhtiar's rule over Bengal was twelve years. When Muhammad Bakhtiar passed from the rule of this transitory world into the eternal world, Malik 'Azu-d-din Khilji succeeded to the rule over Bengal. Eight months had not passed, when 'Ali Mardan Khilji slew him.