The Nāṣirī Generations 183.2.1

183.2.1

Kutb-ud-Din now [590 H., but some say in 589 H., the same year in which Dihli was made the seat of government] received intimation of the Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din’s having marched from Ghaznin on an expedition against Jai Chand [Jai Chandra], Rajah of Kinnauj and Banaras, his former ally, against Rae Pithora, according to the Hindu Chroniclers, who, it is said, meditated an attack upon Kutb-ud-Din. On hearing of the Sultan’s having crossed the Sutlaj, Kutb-ud-Din proceeded some stages in advance to receive him and do him honour, bearing along with him rich offerings. [Firishtah, who gives an account of this matter, uses the word peshwa’i — — which signifies meeting and conducting a superior or a guest ; but his translators, Dow and Briggs, mistaking, say respectively that Kutb-ud-Din “proceeded as far as Peshawir” and “Pishawur” to meet him ! ! Where Dihli ? where Peshawar? where Kinnauj ? Fancy his marching from Dihli with 50,000 horse at his heels, and crossing the five great rivers of the Panjab, merely to meet his master marching to Kinnauj ! !]