Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c16.19

c16.19

On the arrival of Qutbuddin Aibak at Karman (situated between Kabul and Bannu), Tajuddin Yaldoz received him with great kindness and honour and gave him his daughter in marriage. A fete was held on the occasion and poetical descriptions in Hasan Nizamis *Taj-ul-Maasir* follow of stars, female beauty, cup-bearers, curls, cheeks, eyes, lips, mouths, stature, elegance, cups, wine, singers, guitars, barbets, trumpets, flutes, drums, of the morning, and the sun.²³ And again, when Aibak, some years later tried to remove Yaldoz form his kingdom, he marched to Ghazni and occupied the throne. But only for forty days, for during this period he was wholly engaged in revelry, wine and riot, and the affairs of the country through this constant festivity were neglected, and the Turks of Ghaznin and Muizzi Maliks invited Yaldoz back to his capital. Aibak was incapable of opposing him and retired to Delhi.²⁴