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 134 TJLUGH KHAN, AFTERWARDS EMPEROR BALBAN of the year 657 A. H. (Jan., 1259 A. D.), the royal forces again marched from Delhi. Ulugh Khan now very prop- erly used his influence in favour of his nephew, Sher Khan, and on Sunday, the twenty-first of Safar (Feb. 17, 1259 A. D.), all the territories of Bay ana, Kol, Jale- sar, and Gwalior were assigned to him. There was nothing to require the action of the army during the rest of the year. On Wednesday, the fourth of Jumada- 1-akhir (May 29, 1259 A. D.), treasure, wealth, and many valuables, together with two elephants, were brought to court from Lakhnauti, as presents from Izz-ad-din Balban Uzbeg, who was grantee of Lakhnauti; and by the influence of Ulugh Khan the grant was con- firmed, and honours were bestowed upon him. At the beginning of 658 A. H. (Dec., 1259 A. D.), Ulugh Khan resolved upon a campaign in the hills near Delhi. These hills were inhabited by a turbulent peo- ple, who committed depredations on the roads, plun- dered the goods of Mussulmans, drove away the culti- vators, and ravaged the villages in the districts of Har- riana, the Siwalik Hills, and Bayana. Three years before, they had carried off from Hansi a drove of camels and a number of the people of Ulugh Khan. Their chief was a Hindu named Malka, a fierce and desperate fel- low, who had carried off the camels and fomented dis- turbances among the Hindus from the hills to Rantam- bhor. He did these things, however, at a moment when the army was otherwise engaged and the soldiers and followers of Ulugh Khan had not the means to trans- port their baggage and implements. Ulugh Khan and