History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c7.106

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c7.106

Incensed at the conduct of the rebels, the Sultan ordered a general massacre of the inhabitants of the city, but he was persuaded to desist from such an atrocious deed by Shaikh Rukn-al-Din whom he held in high esteem. Kishlū Khan fled from the field of battle, but he was captured and beheaded, and his head was hung up at the city gate to serve as a warning to disaffected persons.⁵⁹ To Shaikh Rukn-al-Din, brother of 'Imad-al-Din, and to his son Shaikh Sadr-al-Din, the Sultan assigned a hundred villages as a reward for their maintenance and the up-keep of the Khanqah of

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