Tarikh-i Alfi 3: Anno 698 after the death of Muhammad (708 h. = 1308 a.d.)

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In this year Sultan 'Alau-d din, King of Hindustan, proceeded to Siwana on a hunting expedition, when the chief of that place took to his fort and offered opposition. The fort was soon captured, and this was the first occasion that it had been taken. Sútal Deo, the chief (Mukaddam), perished, with several thousands of Hindus. In the same year, the fort of Kalwar came into the possession of 'Alau-d din's officers. The detail of the case is this: Kánthar Deo, governor of the fort of Kálwar, had upon one occasion gone to the Sultán to pay his respects, when the Sultán boasted that there was no zamíndár at that time in Hindústán who had power to withstand his troops. Upon this, Kánthar Deo, with exceeding folly, replied, that he would die rather than submit tacitly to such an assumption. The Sultán being enraged at this, dismissed him, and he returned to his own country. The Sultán then sent a female slave, named Gul Bihisht, against him. Gul Bihisht had a son called Malik Sháhín, who accompanied her on the expedition, and they besieged Kánthar Deo. Just as the garrison were beginning to despair, Gul Bihisht happened to die, and Kánthar Deo, sallying from the fort, attacked Malik Sháhín and killed him. Upon the death of both the son and mother, the command of the army devolved on Kamálu-d dín, who took the fort, and put Kánthar Deo to death.