After his accession he moved (A.D. 1203, A.H. 600) against Khorasan, and at first obtained some success ; but the king of that country obtained the aid of the Khitan Tartars, and Shaliab-ud-Din destroyed his baggage, and retreated to Andkhui, where he surrendred on condition of being allowed to depart chi-payment of a sum of money. On this defeat and the rumour of his death, Taj ud-Din Eldoz, one of his favourite slaves, shut the gates of Ghazni against him ; another chief seized on Multan ; the Ghakkar took Lahore, and devastated the whole province ; but Kutub-ud Din remained faithful in India„ as also did Herat and other western countries, where three of his nephews were governing. Shahab-ud-Did re covered Multan, received the submission of Ghazni, and pardoned Eldoz, and afterwards, in concert with Kutub-ud-Din, recovered the Panjab, and induced the Ghakkar to become Muham madans. He set out on his return to his western provinces, but when encamped with his tent pitched close on the bank of the Indus, a band of Ghakkars at midnight swam the river, and de spatched him with numerous wounds, on the 14th March 1206, or 2c1 Shaban 602 A.H. His body was conveyed in mournful pomp to Ghazni, and his nephew Mahmud succeeded, and reigned till A.D. 1215. Shallab-ud-Din left prodigious
treasures. His conquests in India far surpassed those of Mahinud. He was an enterprising soldier, but had neither the talents nor prudence of that great prince, and his name is scarcely known beyond the countries over which he ruled. He had no son, but brought up several Turki slaves, of whom Kutub-ud-Din Aibak ruled in India, Taj-ud-Din Eldoz at Ghazni, Nasir-ud Din Kubachi in Multan and Sind, and Altamsh was another rising slave. Kutub-ud-Din Aibak ruled in India independently fcir four years till A.D. 1210, A.II. 607, but he had been con ducting the military operations there during the reign of Shaliab-nd-Din Ghori. He had been brought to Nishapur in his infancy, and pur chased by a wealthy person, who had him instructed in Persian and Arabic. On his owner's death he was sold to a merchant, who presented him to Shahab-ud-Din Ghori, under whom he rapidly rose to command. He was a just and virtuous ruler. Ilis son Aram succeeded him, but within a. twelvemonth was dethroned by his brother-in-law Altamsh.—Elph. pp. 318-320.
SHAHAB-ud-DIN SOHURIVARDI, a famous Muhammadan murshid or religious teacher of Baghdad, one of whose disciples was Shaikh Balla lid-Din Zakaria, of Multan.