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 90 TWO OF THE SLAVE KINGS While he held this station, the kings of Ghor, Ghazni, and Bamian went toward Khorasan, and Kutb- ad-din showed great activity in repelling the attacks of Sultan Shah. He held the command of the for- agers, and one day, while in quest of supplies, he was unexpectedly attacked by the cavalry of the enemy. Kutb-ad-din showed great bravery in the fight which ensued, but his party was small, so he was overpow- ered, made a prisoner, and carried to Sultan Shah. This prince ordered him to be placed in confinement, but when the battle was fought and Sultan Shah was defeated, the victors released Kutb-ad-din and brought him in his iron fetters, riding on a camel, to his master Sultan Mu'izz-ad-din. The Sultan received him kindly and, on his arrival at his capital, Ghazni, conferred on him the districts of Kahram. From thence he went to Mirat, of which he took possession in 587 A. H. (1191 A. D.). In the same year he marched from Mirat and captured Delhi. In 590 A. H. (1194 A. D.) he and Izz-ad-din Husain Kharmil, both being generals of the army, accompanied the Sultan and defeated Rai Jai Chand of Benares in the neighbourhood of Chandawal. In the year 591 A. H. (1195 A. D.) Thankar was conquered, and two years later Kutb-ad-din went toward Nahrwala, defeated Raja Bhim-deo, and took revenge on behalf of the Sultan. He also reduced other countries of Hindu- stan as far as the outskirts of the dominions of China on the east. When Sultan Mohammad of Ghor died, Sultan