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| == Aftermath ==
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| The Mongols intended to settle down in the Indian territory after capturing it, and therefore, had brought their women and children with them.{{sfn|Banarsi Prasad Saksena|1992|p=400}} The Delhi Sultanate army imprisoned these women and children along with the defeated Mongol soldiers, and took them to Delhi.{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|p=172}}
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| Tens of thousands of Mongols were killed, including their commander Kopek.{{sfn|Banarsi Prasad Saksena|1992|p=394}} According to the contemporary Persian historian [[Wassaf]], the dead Mongols numbered 60,000. Wassaf adds that Alauddin ordered the construction of a tower made of their skulls in front of the [[Gates of Delhi|Badaun Gate]], to serve as a warning to the future generations.{{sfn|Abraham Eraly|2015|p=144}} [[Ziauddin Barani]], in his ''Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi'' (1357), states that this tower could still be seen in his day.{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=230}}
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| The 16th century chronicler [[Firishta]] claims that the Mongol camp originally included 50,000-60,000 people: out of these, less than 3,000-4,000 had survived. Alauddin ordered the male survivors to be trampled under the feet of elephants. The women and children were sold in Delhi and other parts of India.{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|p=172}}
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| According to Amir Khusrau, this defeat scared the Mongols so much that they retreated to the mountains of Ghazni.{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|p=177}} They did not launch any further expeditions into India during Alauddin's reign. On the other hand, Tughluq, Alauddin's governor of [[Dipalpur]], adopted an aggressive policy against the Mongols. Over the next few years, he annually raided [[Kabul]], [[Ghazni]], [[Kandahar]], and [[Garmsir]], which were located on the Mongol frontier. He plundered these territories, and levied [[tribute]] on the residents, without any resistance from the Chagatai Khanate.{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|p=175}} Amir Khusrau, in his ''Tughluq-Nama'', alludes to Tughluq's 20 victories, most of which were against the Mongols. Barani states that Tughluq, who also received the [[iqta']] of [[Lahore]] at some point, defeated the Mongols 20 times. The Moroccan traveler [[Ibn Battuta]] states that a mosque in [[Multan]] had an inscription, in which Tughluq claimed to have defeated the Mongols 29 times. It is uncertain if these victories refer to the above-mentioned raids.{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=229}}
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| An undated letter addressed by the Delhi general Haji Badr to Alauddin's son Khizr Khan suggests that Alauddin's rule extended to Ghazni. When Haji Badr's army arrived in Ghazni one winter, the Mongols of the city and its environs accepted Alauddin's suzerainty. The Friday ''[[khutbah]]'' at the local [[Jama Mosque]] was read in Alauddin's name.{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|p=176}}
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