The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c6.s3.12

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¹ *TM* p. 6, Ferishta, p. 56. *TA*, I, p. 37. The story of Muizzuddin's intrigue with the queen of the Bhatti raja of Uch who, in the hope of marrying her daughter to the Ghoride chief, poisoned her husband and then allowed the fort to be occupied, is first related by Ibnul Asir, XI, p. 77; but the author himself admits, on p. 79, that his account regarding India is based on hearsay and is unconfirmed. And yet this admittedly tainted account is unreservedly accepted in *CHI*, III, p. 38. For an obviously legendary account of the early Muslim occupation of Uch see, *IGI*, XXIV, p. 82.