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124 ULUGH KHAN, AFTEKWAKDS EMPEKOK BALBAN Samana, and the Siwalik Hills, accordingly sent to Ulugh Khan, inviting him to return. Arslan Khan led an army out of Tabarhindh, Ban Khan came forth from Sanam and Mansurpur, and Ulugh Khan collected his forces in Nagor and the Siwalik Hills. Malik Jalal-ad- din Mas'ud Shah ibn Sultan joined them from Lahore, and they marched upon the capital. Imad-ad-din Rihan advised his Majesty to go forth and repress the malcontents, and accordingly he led his army toward Sanam. Ulugh Khan was in the neighbourhood of Tabarhindh with several other chiefs. On the twenty-seventh of Ramazan, 652 A. H. (Nov. 10, 1254 A. D.), the opposing armies drew near to each other, the outposts met, and great disquietude arose. The festival of the end of the fast of Ramazan was passed at Sanam, and on Saturday, the eighth of Shawwal (Nov. 21), the royal army fell back to Hansi. Malik Jalal-ad-din, Ulugh Khan, and the nobles with them pro- ceeded to Kaithal, whereupon the chiefs and nobles on both sides deemed it desirable to hold a parley. Karra Jamak, a personal attendant of Ulugh Khan and well known for his integrity, acted on the part of the insur- gents; and the noble of the black banner, Hisam-ad- din Katlagh, a man of conciliatory character and great probity, was deputed to meet him. The discontented nobles represented to his Majesty that they were all willing to obey his commands, but that they had no security against the machinations and outrageous conduct of Imad-ad-din Rihan. If he were banished from the court, they would all submit and