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318 SIX GLORIOUS EPOCHS OF INDIAN HISTORY<br />

in the Sultan's armies conspired to betray the Hindu Emperor<br />

Nasir-ud-din and let the former know <strong>of</strong> their decision most<br />

secretly. Encouraged by this, Ghyasuddin himself fell upon<br />

the forces <strong>of</strong> Sultan Nasir-ud-din (Hindu Samrat, Shree<br />

Dharmarakshak). In the melee that ensued, the betrayal<br />

by the Muslim forces brought about the utter defeat <strong>of</strong> Sultan<br />

Nasir-ud-din**, So the Sultan—Shree Dharmarakshak—left<br />

the field and started for Delhi. But mad with victory<br />

Ghyasuddin marched straight towards Delhi, and in that<br />

hot pursuit Shree Dharmarakshak—Sultan Nasir-ud-din—fell<br />

helpless in the hands <strong>of</strong> the enemy**.<br />

802. When the victor, Ghyasuddin, ordered the captive<br />

Sultan, Nasir-ud-din, to be brought before him, and charg­<br />

ing him with the murder <strong>of</strong> Mubarik decided to sentence him<br />

to death J he asked the captive the last question: "Setting<br />

aside the question <strong>of</strong> political expediency or the bid for the<br />

throne <strong>of</strong> the Sultan and considering only the personal<br />

aspect <strong>of</strong> this act <strong>of</strong> yours, what personal wrong did Mubarik<br />

do to you, that you might seek to avenge it by his death?"<br />

To this the captive Nasir-ud-din (Khushrukhan) replied to<br />

this effect :" Of course ! He was guilty <strong>of</strong> a such personal<br />

wrong to me ! For the most heinous crime <strong>of</strong> inflicting<br />

homosexual and other unbearable atrocities that this mean<br />

and vicious Mubarik had perpetrated on my body ever<br />

since my tender age and for the humiliation that he had<br />

heaped upon my life. I had long rowed most solemnly<br />

that at the earliest opportunity I would avenge all those<br />

personal wrongs upon that villain with murder*^ !<br />

neously.<br />

803. Thereupon Ghyasuddin dispatched him instanta­<br />

804. That was the tragic end <strong>of</strong> Shree Dharmarakshak<br />

(Nasir-ud-din). But the last <strong>of</strong> the accredited Hindu<br />

Emperor <strong>of</strong> Delhi, the valiant Prithviraj Chouhan, was also<br />

equally tragically murdered by the Muslims after his utter<br />

rout in the last battle I<br />

805. And the dauntless Shree Guru Banda <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Panjab ! After inflicting several crushing defeats upon the

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