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EXCEPT the great expedition of Mahmúd Ghaznawi against Somnáth in A.D. 1024¹; the defeat of Muhamad Muiz-ud-dín or Shaháb-ud-dín Ghori by Bhím Dev II. of Anahiláváda about A.D. 1178²; and the avenging sack of Anahiláváda and defeat of Bhím by Kutb-ud-dín Eibak in A.D. 1194, until the reign of Alá-ud-dín Khilji in A.D. 1295-1315, Gujarát remained free from Muhammadan interference.³ In A.D. 1297, Ulugh Khán, general of Alá-ud-dín and Nasrat Khán Wazír were sent against Anahiláváda. They took the city expelling Karan Wághela, usually called Ghelo The Mad, who took refuge at Devgadh with Rámdeva the Yádav sovereign of the north Dakhan.⁴ They next seized Khanbát (the modern Cambay), and, after appointing a local governor, returned to Dehli. From this time Gujarát remained under Muhammadan power, and Ulugh Khán, a man of great energy, by repeated expeditions consolidated the conquest and established Muhammadan rule. The Kánaddeva Rása says that he plundered Somnáth, and there is no doubt that he conquered Jhálor (the ancient Jhálindar) from the Songarha Choháns.⁵ After Ulugh Khán had governed Gujarát for about twenty years, at the instigation of Malik Kafur, he was recalled and put to death by the emperor Alá-ud-dín.⁶