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Utbi: “The blood of the infidels flowed so copiously that the stream was discoloured…and people were unable to drink it. The Sultan returned with plunder which it is impossible to recount”. But he does not give any figures. Ferishtah: “On this occasion the Muhammadan army brought to Ghaznin 200,000 captives, so that the capital (Ghazna) appeared like an Indian city, for every soldier of the army had several slaves and slave girls.”