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MALIK IKHTIYAR-UD-DIN, ALTUNIAH, OF TABAR- HINDAH. (Bhatinda)
Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Altuniah of Tabarhindah, was a great Malik😃, of vast boldness and gallantry⭐️, manliness and energy👍🏼, lion-heartedness and magnanimity and the whole of the Maliks of that time were unanimous as to his manliness and valour. At the time of the imprisonment of - Sultan Raziyyat" on whom be peace!" he had fought encounters with the forces of the disaffected Maliks, in con- junction with Sultan Raziyyat, and had displayed great heroism 😎.
When the Sultan Altamash first purchased him, he gave him the Sharab-dar! [office " the care of the liquors] . After some time, as the Sultan had remarked proofs of manliness depicted upon his brow, he gave him the office of Sar Chatar-dar [Head of the state canopy- bearers] ; and, when the Shams! rule came to its termina-tion, during the reign of Sultan Razia, the fief of Baran was conferred upon Ikhtiyar-ud-Din. Subsequently, Tabarhindah was given to him and, at the time when the hearts of the Turk Maliks and Amirs, who were the slaves of the Shams dynasty, became changed towards Sultan Raziyyat, on account of the favour Jamal-ud-Dfn, Ya-kut, the Abyssinian, had found with her, the Amir-i- Hajib, Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din-Atigin, and Malik . Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Altuniah, of Tabarhindah, were connected by a firm compact of unanimity and friendship, and, by virtue of this fabric of union, Malik Aitigin, secretly, gave intimation of this change to the latter. Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Altuniah, in the fortress of Tabarhindah, began openly to rebel, and withdrew his head from the yoke of obedience to that Sultan.
The ambitious and rebellious conduct of himself and his colleague in sedition was the cause of her downfall, as is stated under.
when Sultan Razia was seized and imprisoned, and the Maliks and Amirs returned to the capital again , and the throne of sovereignty came to Mu'izz-ud-Din, Bahrain Shah, Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din. Altuniah, married Sultan Raziyyat, who was in duress [under his charge in the fort of Tabarhindah] , and, by reason of that union, began to evince contumacy .When Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Atigin [Altuniah's con- federate], was assassinated, and Malik Badr-ud-Din-i- Sunkar, became Amir-i-Hajib, Malik Ikhtiyar- ud-Din, Altuniah, brought forth Sultan Razia from the fortress of Tabarhindah, assembled forces, and marched towards the capital. In the month of Rabi'-ul-Awwal, however, they retired unsuccessful. Sultan Raziyyat was taken prisoner within the limits of Kaithal ; and Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Altuniah, was taken in the Mansur-pur 2 district, and was martyred by Hindus on Tuesday, the 25th of Rabi'-ul-Akhir, 638 H. 3 The Almighty's mercy be upon him !
Tabaqat-e- nasiri
But Ibn-e-batuta says Altunia was her relative and not a slave 😳
Now Mount stuart elphiston writes
The first who openly rebelled was a Turki Rebellion, chief called Altunia. The queen immediately marched against his fort of Batinda ; but her army mutinied, her favourite was killed in a tumult, and she herself, being made prisoner, was consigned to Altunia, as the safest hands in which she could be placed 😛while her brother Behram was raised to the vacant throne. * Literally " Commander of Commanders ; " that is, General in Chief. Rezia, when force failed her, had again recourse to art j and she so far gained over Altunia by the influence of love or of ambition, that he agreed to marry her, and to assert her rights against his former confederates. Aided by her new consort, the queen assembled an army, and advanced to The queen Delhi : and it was not till after two bloody battles defeated that she was made prisoner along with her husband put to death.
Satish Chandra writes almost the same that Razia herself had won ALtunia over by love and he agreed to marry her (and he didn't force her) 😃
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