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INDEX Killed in battle with the Portuguese, 185 One of the most valiant kings of Guja- rat, 185 King of Gujarat and Malwa, 228 Engages the Rajputs, 228 Storms Chitor, 229 Eaids of, against Agra and Kalinjar easily repulsed by Humayun, 229 Army of, in a fortified camp, 230 Camp of, suffers from famine, 230 And five followers desert army, 230 Army of, disperses on learning of his desertion, 230 Pursued to Champanir by Humayun, 230 Pursued by Humayun to Mandu, 230 Pursued to Ahmadabad by Humayun, 230 Pursued to Cambay by Humayun, 230 Finds refuge in the island of Diu, 230 Retakes Gujarat, 231 Bahadur Shah, brother of Nasir-ad-din, styles himself king of Eastern Ben- gal, 129 Bahnianid dynasty, founded by Hasan Gangu in the Deccan, 186 Of the Deccan, history of, 186-192 Boundaries of territories of, 186-187 Too powerful for kingdom of Vijaya- nagar, 186 Cruelty of, 188-189 Repeatedly conquers Vijayanagar, 191 Decline of, 191-193 Bahraich, city in Oudh, Firoz Shah makes a pilgrimage to, 157 Salar Mas'ud's grave at, 167, 177 Bahlol Lodi, accession of, to throne of Delhi in 1461, 172 Bahram, king of Ghazni, 48 Driven into India in 1148, 52 Brief reign of, 79 Death of, 79 Baihaki, A1-, an Arab historian, 31 Chronicler of Mas'ud's court, 38 Bajaur, city of Kafiristan, attacked by Babar, 204 Bakhtiyar, a slave of Mohammad Ghori, 70 Baladhuri, A1-, Arab historian, 6 Balban, a Turkish slave of Shams-ad-din Altamish, 80 Chief huntsman under Raziyat-ad-din and Balban, 81 Governor of Hansi, 81 Victorious campaigns of, against ' ' infi- dels," 82 Activity of, at siege of Uchh, 82 Banished from court in 1253, 82 Restored to all his honours in 1254, 83 Organizes frontier provinces and tribes under Sher Khan, 83 Served the sultan Nasir-ad-din for twenty years, 83 Succeeds Nasir-ad-din, 84 A stern king, 84-86 Suppresses revolts among Turkish chiefs for twenty years, 84 Petty wars of the reign of, 84 Chief figure of slave dynasty, 129 Ever alert to repel a possible Mongol invasion, 86 Expedition of, into Bengal, 86-87 Attacks Tughril's camp, 89-90 Leader of third campaign against Tughril, 88-90 Puts to death all followers of Tughril, 90 Bandelkhand, insurrection in, in 1294, 101 Bankipur, fortress of Vijayanagar, at- tacked by Bahmanid Sultan Mujahid, 189 Taken by the Bahmanid Sultan Firoz, 191 Barani, Arab historian, 84 Discusses questions of government with Mohammad Taghlak, 132-133 Barid Shahs, dynasty of Bidar, 192 Battle, Osmanli order of, followed by Babar in 1526, 205-206 Baxar, city in Bengal, 218 Several Afghan leaders offer submis- sion to Babar at, 218 Begs of Babar's army receive six to ten lacs as their portion of booty at Delhi and Agra, 208 Belgaon, city of Bombay, taken by Bahmanid Sultan Mohammad II, 191 Benares, becomes part of the empire of Ghor, 68 Captured by Kutb-ad-din Aybek in 1194, 70 Escape of Sher Khan from, 218 Bengal, presidency of India, 71 Rebellion among tribes in, 86-87 Lost to Mohammad Taghlak's king- dom, 144 First campaign of Firoz Shah against, in 1363, 147 Second campaign of Firoz Shah against, in 1369-60, 147 Independence of governors of, 173 Internal strife in, 173 Rival kings rule Eastern and Western, 173 History of, in Mohammedan period, 173-175 Ruled by various nationalities from 1202 to 1576, 174-176