The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c9.136

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wards "Uch and Multan" in 650/1252 in which the leading members of the faction were specially instructed to be present with their forces¹; Balban was formally dismissed during this expedition, from the camp on the Beas, early in 651/1253. Finding his enemies in power Sher Khan left Sind and retired to Turkestan; the provinces of Uch, Multan and Bhatinda were recovered from his retainers and placed, for the time being, under Arslan Khan, who appears to have ultimately joined Qutlugh’s party³. On Rayhan’s eventual dismissal and transferance to Awadh, Kashlu Khan was restored to his former provinces of Multan and Uch shortly after 653/1255³. Firmly installed there, he now threw off his mask of loyalty and transferred his allegiance to Hulaku, the newly appointed Mongol viceroy of Iran, and even received a Mongol agent⁴. By this treachery he made a present of the whole of Sind to the Mongols. Mahmud’s government was hardly in a position to attempt its recovery, for a direct hostility with the dreaded Mongols was beyond its resources.