The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c7.152

c7.152

Before his return Muizzuddin, accompanied by Aibak, came to Lahore to settle its affairs. Giving Aibak leave to depart for Delhi, he left the city and on the way back to Ghazni, halted on the Indus at a place called Damyak, and pitched his tent on a cool, grassy plot on the edge of the water. There, while engaged in the evening prayers, he met his death at the hands of an assasin, on the 3rd Shaban, 602/ March 15th, 1206¹. Some of the contemporary writers ascribe the murder to the *Mulahida*, a term applied not only to the *Qaramitah* and Ismaili Shias but also, sometimes, to non-Muslims²; others specifically mention the *Khokars*³. Both the people had reason to be hostile to him and probably both participated in the crime⁴.