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 112 ULUGH KHAN, AFTERWARDS EMPEROR BALBAN ise, he bought him and made him his personal attendant, placing the hawk of fortune, so to say, upon his wrist. His power now became conspicuous; but when Sultan Rukn-ad-din ascended the throne, Ulugh accompanied the Turks from Delhi to Hindustan, and when they were brought back, he returned to Delhi in their army. THE DIWAN -I - AAM AT DELHI. He was imprisoned for some days and subjected to in- dignity. The design in this may have been (God knows!) that he should taste the sufferings of the miserable, so that when he attained to sovereign rank, he might have compassion on them and be thankful for his own exaltation. When the Empress Raziya ascended the throne, Ulugh Khan continued to be one of the royal attendants