The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c7.143

c7.143

At Devkot Bakhtiyar sank rapidly under the weight of his grief. A mortal affliction seized and confined him to bed until one of his own lieutenants, named Ali Mardan, secretly drove a knife through his sick body. The disaster and pitiful end of his career almost coincided with a similar event in another corner of the Turkish state¹