The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.192

v3.c20.192

Balban displayed, meanwhile, an equivocal activity. He invaded the Hindu state of Būndī, attacked and defeated Nāhar Deo of Ranthambhor, and returned to Nāgaur with much booty, prepared, apparently, either to take credit for his exploits or to devote his spoils to the improvement of his own military strength, as circumstances should dictate. Mahmūd, under the guidance of Raihān, led a successful expedition against the Hindus of Katehr and returned to Delhi on May 16, 1254. Five months later he learnt that his fugitive brother Jalāl-ud-dīn and Balban’s cousin Sunqar had returned from Turkistān and joined forces in the neighbourhood of Lahore with the object of establishing themselves in the Punjab under the protection of the Mughuls.