History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.146

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c10.146

Firishta is right in saying that the Shaikh came to Hindustan in the time of one of Mahmud's successors and was killed fighting against the Hindus, but his date is incorrect, for in 557 A.H. (1161 A.D.) the power of the house of Ghazni had declined, and the house of Ghor had come into prominence.

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