The Tajul-Ma'asir begins with the Second Battle of Tarain in which the Ghurids defeated the Hindu king Prithviraja III. The book doesn't mention the First Battle of Tarain, in which the Ghurids were defeated, as this would have offended Qutb al-Din Aibak.[5] The book then describes how Qutb al-Din (then a Ghurid general) was awarded the governorship of the newly conquered territory in India.