The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.157

v3.c20.157

Raziyya’s astuteness thus dissolved the confederacy and established her authority in Hindūstān and the Punjab, where Ayāz was rewarded for his desertion of his associates with the government of Lahore in addition to that of Multān, and Khvāja Muhazzib-ud-dīn Husain, who had been assistant to the fugitive minister, Junaidī, succeeded him in his office and in his title of Nizām-ul-Mulk. The queen’s energy and decision secured for her also the adhesion of the governors of the more distant provinces of Bengal and Sind, who voluntarily tendered their allegiance, but she found it necessary to send a force to the relief of Ranthambhor, where the Muslim garrison had been beleaguered by the Hindus since the death of Iltutmish. Qutb-ud-dīn Husain, who commanded the relieving force, drove off the Hindus, but for some unexplained reason withdrew the garrison and dismantled the fortress.