Muntakhab al-tawarikh 16.7

16.7

Then Sultan Bahram Shah brought up several armies against Hindustan and conquered the cities which his forefathers had not taken, and leaving one of his Amirs of high rank in Hindustan returned to Ghaznin. That Amir revolted, and fought a severe battle with the Sultan in the vicinity of Multan, and a bitter conflict ensued; in the end the Sultan’s enemy fell a prisoner into his hands and was put to death, and a second time the country of Hindustan came into his possession, and ‘Alau-d-Din Hasan ibn Husain Suri who is one of the kings of Ghor revolted against him and proceeded to Ghaznin. Bahram Shah fled and ‘Alau-d-Din left his brother Saifu-d-Din Suri in Ghaznin. Bahram Shah returned and retook Ghaznin, and having seated Saifu-d-Din upon a cow, and having exposed him to public ridicule, killed him in the worst possible way. ‘Alau-d-Din upon hearing this news was most distressed and made for Ghaznin with a huge army—before his arrival however Bahram Shah had reached the other world and his son was on the throne in his stead. ‘Alau-d-Din by way of avenging his brother carried several loads of the earth of Ghaznin to Ghor and set rivers of blood flowing, he is accordingly famous in his own country. Bahram Shah left this world in the year 547 H. (1152 A.D.) the period of his reign was thirty two years. Mas‘ud S‘ad Salman wrote the following hexastich in praise of Bahram Shah.