Storia do Mogor 141.9

141.9

Sultan Mahmud ordered his army to take the field, and he marched against the pretended rebel. They were to fight together, and the officers of the Ghazni king, eager to show their loyalty and valour, longed for nothing so much as the hour of battle. They hoped for reward from the court, coupled with the death and overthrow of their hated rival. Battle was delivered, and Malik Khas was able to dispose his soldiers so carefully that he succeeded in defeating the army and capturing the king, his master. He carried the king to the new city, and made him ascend a high throne, while he (Malik Khas), with a rope round his neck and his hands bound, came and fell at Sultan Mahmud's feet, and exclaimed that the slave had obeyed his master. On his part, Sultan Mahmud took him to his arms and kissed him, and, removing the rope from his neck, caused him to sit at his side upon the same throne, and assigning him great revenues, confided to him the kingdom of Lahor, and retired himself to the realm of Ghazni. This is the origin of the famous city of Lahor, which has twelve gates, called: Qadiri Darwazah, which is on the river bank towards the north; Yakki Darwazah, on the same side; Dilli Darwazah, which is used by those going to and coming from Dihli; Akbari Darwazah; Mochi Darwazah — that is, 'Gate of the Shoemaker' — and it got this name on the following occasion: Near this gate dwelt a shoemaker who had a lovely daughter, with whom a Pathan youth fell in love.