The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c8.111

c8.111

From 1226 he commenced operations to recover the lost territories. In that year he advanced into Rajputana and invested Ranthambhor. It was easily captured and garrisoned⁵. Next year he marched against the Paramara capital of Mandor which also fell easily and was in all probability annexed¹. The final victory over Qubachah enabled him to make a more concentrated drive against the Hindu states. To this period should be ascribed the reduction of Jalor recorded by Hasan Nizami, who, however, places it immediately after his accession². After a close investment Udaisinha was compelled to surrender but was allowed to continue as a tributary vassal³. Rajput records ascribe to Iltutmish also an attack on Nagda, the capital of the Guhelots, from where the reigning prince Jaitrasinha repulsed him with heavy losses⁴. A similarly unsuccessful attack is also said to have been made on the Chalukyas of Gujrat⁵. Success however, seems to have attended his efforts in eastern and northern Rajputana where Bayana and Thangir were recovered⁶; towards the end of his reign, the country round Ajmer, including Lawah, Kasili and Sambhar, appears under his governors⁷. Offensive action appears to have been continued in Rajputana by his governors also, one of whom is reported to have lost his life in an expedition to Bundi⁸. Nagaur, in Jodhpur state, which reappears under Delhi in Masud’s reign, must also have been recovered at this period. Mention