The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.281

v3.c20.281

In the meantime stray horsemen, to the number of sixty or seventy, had gathered round ‘Alā-ud-dīn and dressed his wounds, and on his way towards the camp he was joined by other small bodies of horse, which brought his numbers up to five or six hundred. Ascending a knoll he caused the royal umbrella to be raised over his head, and the sight drew the troops and the courtiers out to join him. Ākat Khān, finding himself deserted, fled, but was pursued, taken, and beheaded. The tedium of ‘Alā-ud-dīn’s convalescence was alleviated by the punishment of Ākat Khān’s associates, who were put to death with torture, and when he had recovered he marched on to Ranthambhor, where Ulugh Khān, encouraged by the news of his approach, had already opened the siege.