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 124 ALA -AD -DIN KHALJI ence Mubarak became more shameless than ever: his very speech became foul and obscene, he tricked himself in woman's clothes, and let his majordomo INDIAN DANCING GIRLS. indulge his horse-play upon the nobles in full court stark naked. No more was the Sultan seen at the pub- lic prayers in the mosque of his forefathers, and the fast of Ramazan was openly violated. With this wholesale abandonment of religion and