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50 THE HOLY WAES OF ISLAM ours to make proselytes of the inhabitants of Ms coun- try. The Sultan, zealous for the Mohammedan religion, thought it a shame to allow him to retain his govern- ment while he practised such wickedness and disobedi- ence, and he besought the assistance of a gracious God in bringing him to repentance, and in attacking him with that end in view. He then issued orders to assemble an army from EXTERIOR OF SULTAN MAHMDD'S TOMB AT GHAZNI. among the Mussulmans for the purpose of joining him in this holy expedition, and departed with them toward Multan in the spring, when the rivers were swollen with the rain, and when the Indus and other rivers prevented the passage of the cavalry, and offered difficulties to his companions. The Sultan desired Andpal, the chief of Hind, to allow him to march through his territory, but Andpal would not consent, and offered opposition, which resulted in his discomfiture. The Sultan, con- sequently, thought it expedient to attack Rai Andpal