Muntakhab al-tawarikh 20.1.6

20.1.6

and at that time the tribe of the Khukhars in the neighbourhood of Lahore shewed symptoms of revolting the Sultan accordingly brought an army against them, and also summoned Qutbu-d-Din Aibak from Dehli, and having given the Khokhars a severe lesson returned to Ghaznin, and while on the way back was martyred at Damyak, which is the name of a village of the dependencies of Ghaznin, at the hands of Khukhar bandits — the following qit'ah has been written to chronicle this event: — The martyrdom of the king of sea and land Shihabu-d-Din, Whose like has never yet been seen since the world began, On the third day from the first of Sha'ban, in the year 602 Happened in the road to Ghaznin at the stage Damyak. The days of his reign from the commencement of the rule of Ghaznin to the end of his life were thirty and two years and some months, and he left no heir save one daughter, but he left behind him much treasure of gold and silver and precious stones, among these latter were five hundred mans of diamonds jewels of great value, besides cash and estates and other property the value of which we may estimate on the same scale. He made expeditions to Hindustan nine times, twice was defeated and seven times was victorious.