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horso killed under hins, and secured another trap, or the Horse's Leap, which perhaps took mount, in order to bring ap fresh troops. This its name from the incident just described." advantage nearly won him the victory, for a Some of the Mongol chiefs would have plungrumour spread among the Mongols that the ed into the river after Jalalu'd-din, but were Sultan had broken thuir main body. Chinghiz restrained by Chinghiz, and Juveni was told by restored the fight by his personal bravery. a number of witnesses that they fired their Knowing that the Sultân had weakened his left arrows at the fugitives who had rushed in wing, he ordered Bela Noyan to traverse some after their master, and that for a distance of an bye-ways in the mountain, which a native of arrow's flight the water was reddened with the place told him was possible. He, accord blood. Chinghiz himself greatly admired the ingly under this man's guidance marched dashing feat, and, we are told, put his hand to without losing many men between rocks and his mouth, which was a sign of astonishment, precipices, and fell upon the Sultan's left and pointed it out to his sons as worthy of wing from behind, and being much weakened imitation, saying that such a son was worthy it could not resist." Another account says of his father. Jalâla'd-din had thrown his that the Mongols made their chief attack treasures of gold and silver into the river, and upon Amin Malik, and the right wing, which these were partially recovered by divers emfled towards Peshawar. According to someployed by the Mongol chief." The battle, accounts, he was killed by a body of Mongols according to Nissavi, was fought on the 9th of who were posted on that side. This is not | December 1221," quite certain, however, and it is possible he The account followed by Miles and Raverty escaped and afterwards met with his death in tells us that having reached the opposite Sindh. The left wing was also broken and bank the Sultan dismounted, loosened the towards noon the Sultan was left with but girths, took off the felt saddle cloth together 700 brave men of the centre, with whom he with his own tonic and cloak and his arrows, mado daring but unavailing charges, and the and laid them in the sun to dry, and spread ranks of the enemy, who had been ordered his chatr or canopy on the head of his spear, to take him alive, drew closer and closer." which he stuck into the ground to shade him
Thereupon Ujash Malik, also called Akhas, son from the sun. He remained alone until the of Khân Malik, seized the bridle of his horse, time of afternoon prayer, when about seven and dragged him away. He bade a sorrowfal of his followers joined him, and a small tent adieu to his wives, and having taken off his was pitched for his convenience. "Whilst the armour and arms, except his sword, bow, and light permitted he watched the proceedings of quiver fall of arrows, he summoned a fresh the Mongols, while the heavens above looked charger, had it saddled, and boldly jumped down upon him with wonder and amazement."56 with it from the bank into the rapid Indos, Nissavi has a strange report that Jalâlu'd-din, which flowed eight or ten yards below, and pained by the screams of his family, who begged with his backler on his back and holding his him to prevent them becoming the slaves of standard aloft he swam over in safety." the Mongols, ordered them, before he crossed Abu'l-faraj, apparently quoting Javeni, says the river, to be drowned. Other authorities that when in mid-stream he stopped and dis- tell us, on the contrary, that his harem fell into charged a .volley of arrows at the Mongols." the hands of Chinghiz Khân, who ordered all The gallant horse which had borne him over was the males to be killed, including the Sultan's kept by Jalalu'd-dîn without being mounted eldest son, a boy of eight years old, who had until the siege of Tiflis in 1226." Major Raverty been captured in the recent fight," Nissavi says that there is a place on the west bank of also has a pathetic account of the immediate the Indus, a little, below Nilab, called Ghor- fortunes of the Sultan when beyond the river. * Rashidu'd-din, quoted by De la Croix, p. 317.
** D'Ohnson, Vol. 1. pp. 807 and 808 ; Erdmann, p. 431; Tabakat-i-Nagirl, p. 540 note.
Abu'l-ghazi, p. 125: Abu'l-faraj, Chron. Arab., pp. 293 * D'Ohsson, rol. I. P. 306.
and 264. " De la Croix, p. 318, Tabakit--Nasirt, pp. 291 and D'Ohason, Vol. I. p. 808 note. 292 notes. $1 Chron. Arab., p. 294.
36 Tabakut-i-Nasirf, p. 298 note; Shajrat-ul-Atrak, - Nissavi, quoted by D'Ohsson, vol. I, p. 307 note. Tabakat-i-Nasiri, p. 292.
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