The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c13.112

c13.112

Masud’s elimination, however, did not mean an immediate extension of Delhi’s frontier on the west, for now the Beas, flowing in its own bed before the Sutlej joined it from the east³, is referred to as the frontier. In 655/1256 the Mewati rebellion could not be dealt with effectively because of the “Mongols having arrived to harass the frontiers of Delhi, namely, Sind, Lahore and the line of the river Beah”⁴.