حبیب السیر 21: Account of the enmity between Majdud and Maudud.

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Historians have related that Sultan Mas'ud, during the latter days of his reign, appointed his son Majdud to subdue some of the cities of Hind, who brought into the courtyard of subjection Multan and several other cities. Possessed of a powerful army, upon hearing of the death of Mas'ud, he aspired to absolute dominion, and the vapour of pride ascended into the hall of his brain. Maudud, hearing of this, formed an army to extinguish the fire of the insurrection of Majdud, who also moved out with a numerous army and arrived at Lahor, about the time of the 'Idu-z zuha, where, having celebrated the festival of sacrifices, he was found dead by the courtiers in his tent on the morning of the third day of the festival. The truth of the circumstance, whatever it was, has not been written.
After this event, as many of the cities as pertained to Sultan Mas'ud came also under the tribunal of Maudud, and the Kings of Mawarau-n nahr also testified their submission, but the Saljukians, as they had always done, offered opposition and resistance. In the year 435 H. (1043-4 A.D.) Maudud sent an army desirous of warfare, under his chamberlain, to Khurasan; but Alp Arslan, on the side of the Saljukians, having come out to meet the Ghaznivides, defeated them, and in the same year a horde of Saljuk Turkomans broke into the territories of Garmsir. Maudud having appointed an army to dislodge them, a dreadful battle was fought on both sides, and the Ghaznivides having obtained the victory, took many of the Saljukians prisoners. In the same year some of the rulers of Hindustan, having entered Lahor with 6000 cavalry and 75,000 infantry, seized that city. The Musulmans who were there sent a messenger to Maudud asking for help, and Maudud was obliged to lead his army thither; but before the arrival of that army at Lahor, dissensions sprang up among the infidels, who began to direct their steps towards their own country. The men of Lahor pursued them, and the Hindus took shelter on a spacious and lofty mountain. The army of Lahor surrounded that mountain, and the Hindus, after displaying their courage and prowess, asked for quarter, which was granted them upon this condition, that they should deliver over to the Musulmans every fort in the cities of Hind which were in their possession. Owing to this brilliant victory, all the princes of Hind came again under obedience to Maudud.
In the middle of Rajab of the year 441 H. (1049-50 A.D.) Maudud, with the intention of making war on the Saljukians, marched from Ghaznin at the head of a numerous army; but being seized with colic on the first stage, he was obliged to send 'Abdu-r Razzak with the army to Sistan, which was in the possession of the Saljukians, whilst he himself returned to Ghaznin, where he died shortly afterwards.