Nuh sipihr 2.1

2.1

Khusru Khan is despatched for the conquest of Arangal (Warangal), in Tilang, with an army consisting partly of Hindus. "The king said, 'Turn your face to Tilang to demand jizya.'" "The royal pavilion was pitched at the end of the street, and on each side were ranged the other tents." The army advanced march by march, and the Hindus committed as many ravages as the Turks. Wherever the army marched, every inhabited spot was desolated. "Arangal had two walls, the centre of mud, the inner of stone." "When the army arrived there the Hindu inhabitants concealed themselves in the hills and jungles." "The Hindu horsemen of the rai vaunted themselves in every direction that they were as bold as lions, and the heralds, whom they call baras, surrounded them, singing their praises. The singers kept on resounding the pæans which they use in the wars of their ráís. The Brahmans, after their own fashion, offered up their prayers, accompanied by the voices of the minstrels." "The chiefs, in appearance, were valiant, but trembling in their hearts. Hindus made an attack upon Hindus, to try their respective strength. If the Turks had charged, they would have annihilated the enemy, for, from time immemorial, the Hindus have always been the prey of the Turks."