History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c7.105

c7.105

⁵⁸ Ibn Batūṭah relates a curious stratagem by means of which the Sultan saved his life. He says that when the battle was raging fiercely, the Sultan made Shaikh 'Imād-al-Din, who resembled him in features, stand in his place. The soldiers of Kishlū Khan mistook him for the Sultan and slew him. The Sultan had already gone away in one direction with 4,000 men. When the news of the Sultan's death spread in the army of Kishlū Khan, it engaged itself in plunder and deserted its leader. When he was thus deprived of his following, the Sultan came up with his men, defeated him and cut off his head. Immediately after this, the troops of Kishlū Khan dispersed in all directions.