"Minhaj Siraj writes that Ulugh Khan Balban’s “taking of captives, and his capture of the dependents of the great Rana…"

"Balban, when he was Ulugh Khan Khan-i-Azam, once brought to Delhi (in about 1260) two hundred fifty 'Hindu leading me…"

"As a minister Balban was not softhearted. When he became the Sultan, he followed the policy of blood and iron, which …"

"It is true that Balban also made detailed enquiries about the families of all his officers. He refused to grant audie…"

"Muslim power in India suffered a serious setback after Iltutmish. Balban had to battle against a revival of Hindu pow…"

"In the administration of justice he was inflexible, showing no favour to his brethren or children, to his associates …"

"Sultan Balban, while he was a Khan, was addicted to wine drinking."

"In the year of his accession, the Sultan felt the repression of the Miwdttis to be the first of his duties, and for a…"

"After the Sultan had thus routed out the Miwdttis, and cleared away the jungle in the neighbourhood of the city, he g…"

"In two nights and three days he crossed the Ganges at Kateher, and sending forward a force of five thousand archers, …"