Muntakhab al-tawarikh 4.1.4

4.1.4

After this in the month of Muharram 395 A.H. he left Ghaznin and proceeded to Hindustan way of Sistan and assaulted Bhatia which is in the vicinity of Multan. The Raja of that place, Beji Rai, fearing the punishment of the Sultan killed himself with a dagger, and they brought his head to the Sultan. Many Hindus, more than one can number, were hurried along the road to non-existence by the pitiless sword, and Mahmud took as spoil two hundred and eighty elephants whilst Da'ud ibn-Nasr the renegade ruler of Multan, being reduced to submission by the Sultan, agreed to pay twenty times twenty thousand dirhams annual tribute. As he was going to Multan, Anandpal, son of Jaipal, drew up an army here to oppose the advance of the Sultan, but fled after the battle into the mountains of Kashmir, and the Sultan reached Multan by way of Hindusthan. These events occurred in 396 A.H. (1005 A.D.) In the following year 397 A.H. (1006 A.D.) a battle was fought at Balkh between Mahmud and Ilek Khan, king of Mawara-un-Nahr. Mahmud was victorious; Ilek Khan finally died in the year 403 H. (1012 A.D.) In the year 398 H. (1007 A.D.) Mahmud entered Turkistan, and settled the affairs of the Turks, pursued Sukhpal Nubah, Raja of Hind (who having embraced Islam had been released from his captivity to Abu 'Ali Sinjur, but had again joined the idolaters and apostates) overcame him and threw him into prison where he died.