Riyaz al-salatin 30.2

30.2

Sultan Qutbu-d-din entrusted to Malik Ikhtiaru-d-din Muhammad Bakhtiar Khilji the Viceroyalty of the Provinces of Behar and Lakhnauti. Muhammad Bakhtiar, who was one of the chiefs of Ghor and Garmsir, was a brave man, well-built and very strong. In the beginning, he was in the service of Sultan Shahabu-d-din Ghori at Ghazni. He was allowed a small allowance, as neither he was externally prepossessing, nor was his appearance grand. Becoming despondent, Muhammad Bakhtiar came to Hindustan in the company of the Sultan, stayed behind, and did not even then get into the good graces of the Ministers of Hindustan. Departing thence, he went to Burdwan to Anghal Beg who was the ruler over the Doab country, and there gaining in eminence, he advanced himself to the exalted office of generalissimo. And the tract of Kambalah and Betali was given to him as a jagir. From there he went in the service of Malik Hassamu-d-din to the Subah of Audh (Oude). Subduing again became more or less subject to the Musalman Kings of Gaur, Husain Shah and Nasrat Shah. Under the early Mughul Emperors, Behar was again formed into a distinct Subah, but under the later Mughuls, it again became incorporated along with Orissa in the great Bengal Viceroyalty. North Behar appears to have been generally included in the Musalman Kingdom of Bengal (see Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi, pp. 451 and 586). that province, he advanced himself further in rank and dignity.