التاريخ اليميني 46.17

46.17

Then he pressed onward, making for Qanauj, having drawn an omen [223 a] for himself from its misreading as "futūḥ" (conquests), and counting it a favour granted by God. He left the bulk of the army behind him, to tempt Rājaypāl, its king, to stand firm because of the lightness of the press, and to make the prospect of flight seem shameful to him before the encounter; for the amīrs of Hind, for all the stoutness of their necks and the strength of their resources and followers, were obedient to the Rāy of Qanauj, glorying in his station and beguiled by the grandeur of his standing. He passed no fortress among the fortresses of those regions without levelling it to the ground and offering its people Islam or the sword, and he took captives, plunder and desirable riches beyond what the fingers of reckoning could count.