The Nāṣirī Generations 183.3.7

183.3.7

After some time, hostility arose between him and Sultan Taj-ud-Din, Yal-duz, respecting Lohor, so much so, that that hostility led to an engagement; and, in that affair, the victory was with Sultan Kutb-ud-Din. Sultan Taj-ud-Din, Yal-duz, was defeated, and retreated before him; and Sultan Kutb-ud-Din proceeded towards the seat of government, the city of Ghaznin, and possessed himself of that kingdom likewise; and, during a period of forty days that he sat upon the throne of Ghaznin, he bestowed upon God's people abundant benefactions, and innumerable favours, and returned again to Hindustan, the account of which has been previously related. As the decree of fate supervened, in the year 607 H., he fell from his horse whilst engaged in playing ball on the course, and the horse came down upon him, in such wise that the prominent part of the front of the saddle came upon his blessed breast, and he died. The period of his rule, from the first taking of Dihli up to this time, was twenty years; and the stretch of his sovereignty, with a canopy of state, the Khutbah, and coin [in his own name and titles], was four years and a little over.