Tarikh-i Alfi 2.5

2.5

It is mentioned in authentic histories that when Shahabu-d din was defeated by the Turks of Khita, on his return from Khwarizm, it was currently reported throughout the kingdom, that Shahabu-d din had been missed in the field of battle, and there was no certainty whether he had perished or escaped. Consequently, enemies rose up on all sides, and every one encroached upon his territories. Among other enemies, one named Rai Sal, who lived in the mountains between Lahore and Kabul, having united with a number of Kokars, who dwelt in those parts and paid tribute to the treasury of Shahabu-d din, excited a rebellion, began to plunder that tract, and intercepted the communications between Lahore and Ghazni, so that no one could pass from one to the other.