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96 TWO OF THE SLAVE KINGS nobles and principal men, and sent letters to Badaun, inviting Shams-ad-din Altamish to succeed the late ruler. When he arrived, he mounted the throne of Delhi and established his authority. The Turks and the Mu'izzi chiefs assembled at Delhi from all quarters, but the Turks and Mu'izzi chiefs of that city did not VIEW OF LAHORE FROM THE PALACE IN THE FORT. join them. They resolved to try the effect of resist- ance, so they went out from Delhi, collected in the environs, and raised the standard of revolt. Sultan Shams-ad-din Altamish marched out of the city with a body of horse and his own personal followers, defeated the rebels in the plains of the Jumna, and put most of their horsemen to the sword. Sultan Taj -ad-din later