[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t Tawarikh of 'Abdu-l Kadir Badauni (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot) › 1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 1: Muhammad Tughlik. Muntakhabu-t Tawáríkh of 'Abdu-l Kádir Badáúní (extracts) 1 - **Language:** English ### [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.1) \[Text, vol. i. p. 227.\] In A.H. 729 Tarmah Shirin the Mughal, brother of Katlagh Khwaja Mughal, King of Khurasan, who had on a previous occasion invaded Hindustan, advanced with a large army to the province of Dehli. He captured several forts, and committed ravages and massacres from Lahore, Samana, and Indri to the confines of Badaun, nor did he retreat till the victorious arms of Islam were arrayed against him. The Sultan pursued him as far as Kalanor, and leaving Mujiru-d din Aborja to dismantle that fortress, he returned towards Dehli. At this juncture, it occurred to the Sultan to raise the taxes of the inhabitants of the Doab ten or twenty per cent., as they had shown themselves refractory. He instituted also a cattle-tax, and a house-tax, and several other imposts of an oppressive nature, which entirely ruined and desolated the country, and brought its wretched inhabitants to destruction. - [Next: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.1) · Pramāṇa