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98 TWO OF THE SLAVE KINGS Delhi toward Lahore, and Khwarizm Shall fled before the army of Hindustan and went toward Sind and Siwistan. After this, in 622 A. H. (1225 A. D.), Sultan Shams- ad-din carried his arms toward Lakhnauti, and Ghiyas- ad-din Auz Khalji placed the yoke of servitude on the neck of submission, and presented thirty elephants and eight millions of the current coin. He also ordered sermons to be read and coinage to be struck in the name of Shams-ad-din. In 623 A. H. (1226 A. D.) Sultan Shams-ad-din marched to conquer the fortress of Rantambhor, which is celebrated in all parts of Hindustan for its great strength and security, and it is related in the Hindu histories that it had been invaded by more than seventy kings, but that no one had been able to take it. In the space of a few months in the year 623 A. H. (1226 A. D.), through the favour of God, the fortress fell into the hands of Shams-ad-din. One year after this, in 624 A. H. (1227 A. D.), he attacked the fort of Mandur in the Siwalik Hills, where God again bestowed victory on him, and where much plunder fell into the hands of his followers. After the lapse of another year, in 625 A. H. (1228 A. D.), an army was sent from Delhi toward the cities of Uchh and Multan. On the first of Rabi'-al-awwal, 625 A. H. (Feb. 9, 1228 A. a), Sultan Sa'id Shams-ad- din Altamish reached the foot of the fort of Uchh. Malik Nasir-ad-din Kubacha had pitched his camp at the gate of the fort of Amravat, and all his followers