Riyaz al-salatin 30.5

30.5

The Rajah of that place, whose name was Lakhmania, and who had reigned for eighty years over that Kingdom, was at the time taking his food. Suddenly, Muhammad Bakhtiar, with eighteen horsemen, made an onslaught, so that before the Rajah was aware, Bakhtiar burst inside the palace, and unsheathing from the scabbard his sword that lightened and thundered, engaged in fighting, and put the harvest of the life of many to his thundering and flashing sword. Rajah Lakhmania getting confounded by the tumult of this affair, left behind all his treasures and servants and soldiers, and slipped out bare-foot by a back-door, and embarking on a boat, fled towards Kamrup. Muhammad Bakhtiar sweeping the town with the broom of devastation, completely demolished it, and making anew the city of Lakhnauti, which from ancient times was the seat of Government of Bengal, his own metropolis, he ruled over Bengal peacefully, introduced the Khutbah, and minted coin in the name of Sultan Qutbu-d-din, and strove to put in practice the ordinances of the Muhammadan religion. From that Sanknat and Bang, his treasures, harem, slaves and servants and women and elephants all falling into Bakhtiar's hands. date the Kingdom of Bengal became subject to the Emperors of Delhi. Malik Ikhtiarud-din Muhammad Bakhtiar was the first Muhammadan ruler of Bengal. In the year 599 A.H.