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INDEX 277 Orissa, province of Bengal, Tughril's vic- tories in, 87 Scanty knowledge of, from Mohammad Ghori to Akbar, 174 Kaja of, supports Warangal against the Bahmanid kings of the Deccan, 187 Raja of, conquered by the Bahmanid Sultan Mohammad II, 191 Osmanli order of battle followed by Babar at Panipat, 206-206 Otrar, former boundary of the kingdom of Khwarizm, 76 Ottoman customs adopted by the Bah- manid Sultans, 191 Oudh, city in Faizabad, Mohammad .Bakhtiyar marches to, 69 Aptagin hanged at the gates of, 88 Forms separate fief in reign of Firoz Shah, 163 Oxus, a river of Central Asia, 4, 16 Padmavati, locality in Orissa, Moham- mad Taghlak and his army hunt elephants in, 148 Palas, a Buddhist dynasty, 23 Panduah, renamed Firozabad by Firoz Shah, 161, 173 Capital of Bengal, 173 Panipat, a famous battle-field of India, 67, 64 Plain of, reached by Timur, 166 Battle between Ibrahim and Babar on the plains of, 206-208 Panjab, province of India, 18, 22 Becomes a Moslem province, 61 Last refuge of Mahmud's descendants, 61 Recovered by the Hindus from Babar, 204 In possession of Sikandar Sur, 241 Patans (Pathans), Turko-Afghan adven- turers, 96 Patiala, city of the Panjab, ruled by Hindu rajas, 173 Persia, Saracens in, 2 Conquered by Arabs, 4 Turks in, 17 Persians replace Arabs in public office, 16 Peshawar, town in the Panjab, taken by Mahmud of Ghazni, 19 Conquered by Mohammad Ghori in 1179, 64 Pillar of victory set up at Chitor, 182 Pir Mohammad, grandson of Timur, be- sieges Multan in 1397, 166 Polo, a favourite sport in ancient India and Persia, 72 Pontoon constructed across the Ganges 216 Pope, Kansuh al-Ghuri vainly appeals to the, against the Portuguese in India. 184 Portuguese forced to invade India, 184 Defeated by the Mamluks in the Arabian Sea, 184 Kill Bahadur, king of Gujarat, 185 Establish a factory at Diu, 186 Poms, a king of India, 15 Prayer, public, said in the mosque on April 27, 1626, in the name of Babar 208 Presents, system of annual, to the king, beginnings of, 164 Prithivi Raja, chief of the Chohan dy- nasty, 55 Takes Sirhind, 67 Defeated and killed by Mohammad Ghori, 58, 70 Provinces from Bhira and Lahore to Bahraich and Bihar contribute rev- enue to Babar, 221 R Rahib, a river, Mahmud of Ghazni de- feats raja of Kanauj at, 27 Raichur, fortress of the liaichur Doab, 188, 189 Raichur Doab, district between upper Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers, coveted by the kingdom of Vijayana- gar, 188 Rajamandari, city of Orissa, taken by the Bahmanid Sultan Mohammad II, 191 Rajmahal Hills, in Bengal, 233 Rajputana, district of India, 24 Prepares to resist Babar, 209 Rajput princes, Rana Sanga head of, 211 Rajputs, attack Mohammad Ghori, 55 Character of the, 56, 212 Feudal system prevalent among, 66 Revolt unsuccessfully against Bahadur, 186 Acknowledge the superiority of Baha- dur, 186 Defeat Babar's outpost, 213 Routed by Babar, 216 And Babar, battle of, at Kanwaha, 215 Victories of Bahadur Shah over, 228 Rama Deva, Yadava ruler, captured by the army of Ala-ad-diu, 119 Released and sent back to govern Devagiri as vassal of Ala-ad-din, 119 Ramazan, fast of, violated, 124 Rangoon, a city of Lower Burmah, last royal descendant of Timur dies at, 201