The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.439

v3.c20.439

From Kanauj Muhammad marched to Bangarmau, and thence performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of the half-mythical hero Sālār Mas‘ūd, said in story to have been sister’s son to Mahmūd of Ghaznī, and one of his bravest warriors. From Bahrāich, where the hero’s tomb stands, he sent Khvāja Jahān with a sufficient force to intercept the remnant of ‘Ain-ul-Mulk’s army and to prevent the fugitives from entering the kingdom of Bengal. The minister was also entrusted with the task of collecting all those who had migrated from Delhi into Oudh, and of conducting them to their homes. This measure, strange to say, was conceived in clemency and the fugitives were kindly treated instead of being dealt with as rebels.