التاريخ اليميني 19.32

19.32

He learned that bands of the Hindus had taken refuge in the ravines of those mountains and were concealing themselves in the cover of thickets and jungles, talking of banding together for mischief and uniting in defiance. So he sent an army against them to subdue their ground and to tear their joints apart before arriving. The swords lapped at them until they were sated with the spray of their blood and rusted from contact with their entrails and last breaths. Those who escaped the sword-edges fled like ibexes onto the ledges of those mountains, seeing the stars at midday and death black and red; they tasted the evil consequence of their conduct, and the outcome of their conduct was loss. The Sultan's banners turned back to Ghazna fluttering with widespread success, splendid conquest, firm strength and manifest victory; the face of Islam shone, the mouth of faith smiled, the breast of the religion was gladdened, and the back of polytheism and heresy was broken.