History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c7.4

c7.4

The victorious generals left for the Capital accompanied by the two captive princes, their families and nobles. At Abuhār² they were met by Nuṣrat Khān who carried express orders of the king about punishments to the various prisoners. Arkalī and Ibrāhīm, Malik Aḥmad Chap and Malik Alghū, son-in-law of Jalāluddīn, were mercilessly blinded. Their families were separated from them and their goods and slaves seized. Later on Arkalī and Ibrāhīm, together with the two sons of the former, were handed over to the kotvāl of Hānsī. He put them to death summarily.³ The Malka-i-Jahān, whom ‘Alāuddīn considered to be his arch enemy, Malik Aḥmad Chap and Malik Alghū were imprisoned by Nuṣrat Khān in his own mansion at Delhi.⁴