The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.290

v3.c20.290

He resolved to remedy these matters on his return, and in the meantime brought the siege of Ranthambhor to a successful conclusion. Hamīr Deo, the New Muslims who had found an asylum with him, and his minister, Ranmal, who had, with many other Hindus, deserted him during the siege and joined ‘Alā-ud-dīn, were put to death. It was characteristic of ‘Alā-ud-dīn to avail himself of the services of traitors and then to punish them for the treason by which he had profited. After appointing officers to the government of Ranthambhor he returned to Delhi to find that his brother Ulugh Khān, who had been making preparations for an expedition to the Deccan, had just died.