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 82 RISE OF THE HOUSE OF GHOK but, after some time, was obliged to withdraw. The Sultan returned to Lahore in 581 A. H. (1185 A. D.). The house of Mahmud had now come to its end; the sun of its glory was set; and the registrar of fate had written the mandate of its destruction. Khusru Malik could offer no resistance; he came forth peacefully to meet the Sultan and was made prisoner. Lahore fell completely into the power of the Ghori prince and he secured all its dominions in Hindustan. Ali Karmakh, chief of Multan, was appointed com- mander at Lahore, and the father of the author of this book, Maulana A'jubat-az-Zaman Afsah-al-Ajam Siraj- ad-din Minhaj, was appointed judge of the army of Hindustan and received the honour of investiture from Mu'izz-ad-din. He held his court at the headquarters of the army, and twelve camels were assigned for mov- ing his Bench of Justice from place to place. The Sultan returned to Grhazni, carrying Khusru Malik with him, and on arriving there, he sent him on to Firoz-koh, to the court of the great king Ghiyas-ad- din. This monarch sent him as a prisoner to the fort of Bahrawan and confined his son Bahram Shah in the fort of Saifrud. When the war with Khwarizm Shah broke out in the year 587 A. H. (1191 A. D.), Khusru Malik and his son were put to death. The victorious Sultan then prepared another army, with which he attacked and conquered the fort of Sir- nind. This fort he placed under the command of Zia- ad-din ibn Mohammad Abd-as-Salam Tolaki. At his request, Majd-ad-din Tolaki selected twelve hundred