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ALA -AD -DIN KHALJI overpowered and cruelly blinded in -their uncle's pres- ence, their failure did not discourage imitation. A mad revolt broke out at Delhi, led by a slave, who set up an unfortunate grandson of Altamish as Sultan, opened the A STREET IN THE OLD CAPITAL tTJJAIN. prison doors, and rioted unchecked for days. Though the revolt was more like a mummery of the Abbot of Unreason than a political movement, and was sup- pressed with little difficulty, it showed the uneasiness and ferment of the people. Four mutinies or insurrec-