GHORABARI
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Muhammad Ghori and his generals. The empire of Ghor during his
lifetime extended from Khorasan and Seistan on the west to the delta
of the Ganges on the east; from Khwarizm, the Khanates of Turkistan,
the Hindu Kush, and the Himalayas on the north to Baluchistan, the
Gulf of Cutch, Gujarat, and Malwa, on the south. Ghiyas-ud-din died
in 1202, and his more famous brother was murdered on the banks
of the Indus in 1200 by a band of Ghakhars. Muhammad of Ghor
was succeeded by his nephew, Mahmfid ; but though the latter's
sovereignty was acknowledged by all, the kingdom broke at once into
practically separate states, which were scarcely held together even in
name by his general supremacy. The most important and lasting
of these was the kingdom of Delhi, which started into independent
existence under the Slave dynasty. On Mahmud's death five or six
years later, there was a general civil war throughout all his dominions
west of the Indus, and these countries were soon subdued by the kings
of Khwarizm. Ghazni was taken in 1215, and Firoz Koh at an earlier
period. The Ghorids appear, however, to have partially recovered
from this temporary extinction, for there is evidence that in the
fourteenth century Herat was defended by Muhammad Sam Ghori
against a successor of Chingiz Khan. At a later period Timur in his
memoirs mentions a certain Ghiyas-ud-din as ruler of Khorasan, Ghor,
and Ghirjistan, and in many places calls him Ghori. The famous Sher
Shah, who temporarily expelled Humayun from India and introduced
many of the administrative reforms popularly ascribed to Akbar, was
possibly connected with this house.
The most important ruins, of which the country is full, are those
at Yakhan Pain, a short march south-west of Taiwara. These have
been described as the remains of an ancient city covering a large extent
of ground, and comprising massive ruins of forts and tombs. This was
probably the Ghor taken by Mahmud of Ghazni, and the seat of the
Ghorid princes. Ruins of less note are everywhere numerous; among
these there would appear to be some of Buddhist origin in Yaman.
Ghora.-State in Central India. See JOBAT.
Ghorabari.-Tdluka of Karachi District, Sind, Bombay, lying
between 23° 55′ and 24° 34′ N. and 67° 22′ and 68° 2′ E., with an
area of 566 square miles. The population rose from 30,518 in 1891
to 34,736 in 1901. The tdluha contains one town, KET1 (population,
2,127), and 93 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4
amounted to Rs. 78,ooo. It includes the Keti mahal, the population
of which is 8,499. The head-quarters are at Kotri Allahrakhio. The
soil of the tdluha, which is narrow and straggling in shape, is alluvial;
and in the south, below the town of Keti Bandar, there is a wide
expanse of mud flats, liable to frequent flooding by the sea. Irrigation
is provided by the Baghiar, Ghar, Marho, Nasir Wah, and Makri Wah
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