Muntakhab al-tawarikh 20.1.3

20.1.3

the Sultan again came into Hindustan with a large and brave army of 40,000 cavalry, and divided his forces into four army corps, and having given battle time after time in the place above mentioned gained a victory. Pathura was taken prisoner and Khandi Rai having been overcome in battle was killed and hasted to his resting-place in Hell. The Sultan then having reduced the fortresses of Sar-suti and Hansi proceeded to Ajmir the capital of Pathura, reduced it and plundered its environs killing and taking prisoners. From certain other sources we learn that Hazrat Khwaja Muinu-d-Din Chishti, may God sanctify his heart, that revered one who is the fountain head of the great and holy men and the dignified elders of the land of Hind, whose blessed tomb is a place of pilgrimage situated in Ajmir, was at that time in the company of the Sultan, and this victory occurred through the impulse of the blessed and divine soul of that pillar of holiness. And in this year leaving Sultan Malik Qutbu-d-Din Aibak who was his servant and adopted son and vicegerent in the town of Kuhram which is distant seventy krohs from Dehli, he invaded and plundered the Siwalik range which lies to the North of Hindustan, and proceeded to Ghaznin. In the same year too Qutbu-d-Din having captured Dehli took it away from the kinsmen of Pathura and Khandi Rai. Then in the year 589 H. (1193 A.