The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.97

v3.c20.97

In 1175 Muhammad led his first expedition into India. Ismāʻīlian heretics, long freed from the restraining hand of a powerful and orthodox ruler, had for some years borne sway in Multān. Muhammad captured the city, appointed an orthodox governor, and marched to the strong fortress of Uch, which he took by a stratagem. He promised to make the rāja’s wife, who was on bad terms with her husband, the principal lady in his harem if she would deliver the fortress to him. She declined the honour for herself but secured it for her daughter, caused her husband to be put to death, and surrendered the city. She gained little by her unnatural treachery, for she and her daughter were sent to Ghaznī, ostensibly that they might learn the doctrines and duties of Islam, and there she died soon afterwards, justly scorned by the daughter whom she had sold. The unfortunate girl herself died two years later, never having been Muhammad’s wife but in name.