The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c13.126

c13.126

At the close of Minhaj's account, therefore, Mahmud's government had practically reconciled itself to the loss of Sind and the greater portion of the Punjab beyond the Beas. Kashlu Khan is never heard of again; by what process Multan and Uch were recovered to appear, in Barani's account, as part of Balban's dominions, can only be guessed. Hulaku's death terminating the unwritten agreement may have been followed by a series of expeditions to which Isami seems vaguely to refer³. The reorganization of the Sind province which Balban placed under his eldest son, a few years after his accession, must have been one of his earliest achievements. The prince led almost annual expeditions across the border capturing Tatar horses and holding the Mongols in check, probably along the Indus waters.