The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c9.149

c9.149

The people of Multan surrendered to Balban whereupon Muhammad fled and joined his father. The latter realised his own weakness and withdrawing from the Punjab took up his quarters in Baniyan. From there he is reported to have twice attempted the recovery of Multan with Mongol assistance¹. The proceedings of Sali Bahadur in Sind are equally obscure; it seems likely that Balban’s diplomacy succeeded in effecting a kind of non-aggression pact with Hulaku and that the recovery of Sind was more the result of mutual agreement than military action². In any case, when the curtain is again lifted by Barani after six years, we find Balban conferring the Sind viceroyalty on his eldest son and no reference is made to its recent recovery from the Mongols.