At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- South Asia
- Review
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Overview
King of India, lord of Ajmer. Modern sources know him as Prithviraj Chauhan. According to Ibn al-Athir, he defeated Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri in 583 AH. 2
The capture
Ibn al-Athir reports that Shihab al-Din returned in 588 AH, and the king pursued him for four stages, until the Muslims surrounded him at night without his knowing it. When dawn came they attacked him from every side, and he stood on his elephant until he was captured. 2
It is related that Shihab al-Din asked him what he would have done had he captured him, and he said that he had prepared a golden shackle. Ajmer was then taken and granted as an iqta to Qutb al-Din Aybak, and the king of India was killed in 588 AH. 3
Connections
People and things also explored
Shihab al-Din's victory over the king of Hind and the taking of Ajmer (588 AH)· Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri· death of Ghiyath al-Din, king of Ghur· Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri versus the king of Banaras· Ismailis massacred in Khurasan· Killing of Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri· Shihab al-Din's siege of Khwarazm and his defeat by the Khita· Sirsuti won — then the Muslims driven back
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 221-222
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.221-222
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.222
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islam.museum contributors. “Prithviraj, king of Hind”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/prithviraj-chauhan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.