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 THE PURSUIT OF THE CONQUERED 211 nest wishes for the continuance of my prosperity and the prolongation of my reign. I called up the heavy baggage and formed my camp, issuing orders for my soldiers to be very cautious and TOMB OF FIROZ SHAH AT DELHI. watchful. After their defeat, Sultan Mahmud and Mallu Khan, in wretched plight, had taken refuge in the fort. They now repented of the course they had taken, and regretted that they had not made submission to me and thus avoided the evil which had befallen them.