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102 TWO OF THE SLAVE KINGS

ing, the first of Sha'ban, was fixed by the astrologers for his entrance into Delhi, the seat of his government, and he entered the city in a howdah on the back of an elephant. His illness increased, and nineteen days later, on the twentieth of Sha'ban, 633 A. H. (end of April, 1236 A. D.), he departed from this perishable world to everlasting life. The length of his reign was twenty-six years.'

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