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 120 ULUGH KHAX, AFTERWARDS EMPEROR BALBAK On Monday, the third of Safar, 647 A. H. (May 18, 1249 A. D.), Ulugh Khan and his army arrived at Delhi. In the course of this year his Majesty was pleased to recognize the great ability and distinguished services of his general, whom he promoted from the rank of a general and the office of lord chamberlain to the dig- nity of a Khan, while on Tuesday, the third of Rajab, 647 A. H. (Oct. 12, 1249 A. D.), he named him lieutenant of the government, army, and royal fortune, with the title of Ulugh Khan. The truth of the adage that " the worth of titles is revealed by heaven '' was proved in this case, for from that day forth the services of Ulugh Khan to the house of Nasir-ad-din became still more conspicuous. On Tuesday, the twenty-fifth of Sha'ban, 649 A. H. (Nov. 12, 1251 A. D.), the royal army marched toward Malwa and Kalinjar. When Ulugh Khan arrived there with the army of Islam, he defeated Jahir of Ijari, a great king, who had a large army and many adherents, and destroyed both him and his kingdom. On Monday, the twenty-third of Rabi'-al-awwal, 650 A. H. (June 25, 1252 A. D.), the army returned to Delhi and remained there for six months. On the twelfth of Shawwal of the same year (Jan. 18, 1250 A. D.), it marched through the upper country to the Biyah, but when the army reached the banks of that river, Imad-ad-din Rihan conspired with other chiefs and excited envy and enmity against Ulugh Khan, since they found their own importance dimmed by his glory, and they re- solved to do some hurt and injury to his august per-