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 97 made a treaty with him from Lahore and Ghazni, and sent him some insignia of royalty. Repeated disputes arose between Sultan Shams-ad-din Altamish and Malik Nasir-ad-din Kubacha about Lahore, Tabarhindh, and Kahram, and in the year 614 A. H. (1217 A. D.) the Sultan defeated Kubacha. Hostilities also broke out at different times between him and the chiefs of various parts of Hindustan and the Turks, but as he was assisted by divine favour, every one who resisted him or rebelled was subdued. Heaven still continued to favour him, and all the territories belonging to Delhi, Badaun, Oudh, Benares, and the Siwalik Hills came under his sway. Sultan Taj -ad-din Yildiz came to Lahore, fleeing before the army of Khwarizm. A dispute arose be- tween him and Sultan Shams-ad-din Altamish regard- ing the limits of their possessions, and a battle was fought between them at Narain in 612 A. H. (1215 A. D.), in which Altamish won the victory, and Taj-ad-din Yildiz was taken prisoner. He was taken, according to orders, to Delhi and then sent to Badaun, where he was put to death and buried. After this another battle was fought in the year 614 A. H. (1217 A. D.) with Malik Nasir-ad-din Kubacha, and he was again defeated. Great events now occurred in Khorasan through the appearance of the Moghul Chingiz Khan. In 615 A. H. (1218 A. D.) Jalal-ad-din, King of Khwarizm, came toward Hindustan, fleeing from the army of the in- fidels, and some fighting followed on the frontiers of Lahore. Shams-ad-din Altamish led his forces out of