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 MAHMUD'S CAMPAIGN IN HIND 53 dour of the cheeks of pomegranate-bosomed girls to well-tempered sword-blades, Sultan Mahmud was so incensed at the standard which Satan had raised in AN AFGHAN EOT. Hind, that he determined to wage another holy war against that land. On the last day of Rabi'-al-akhir of the same year, he prayed to God for the fulfilment of his wishes. When he reached the river of Waihind,