The Nāṣirī Generations 190.2.5

190.2.5

Jaj-nagar is mentioned on several other occasions in the history of the Dakhan, and its whereabouts distinctly indicated. Sultan Firuz, Bahmani, entered it in 815 H., and carried off a number of elephants. In the account of Nizam Shah, of the same dynasty, Jaj-nagar and Udisah are mentioned as totally separate territories. In the reign of Muhammad Shah, son of Humayun, a famine having arisen in his dominions, people migrated in order to obtain food into Malwah, Jaj-nagar, and Gujarat; and, shortly after, the Rae of Udisah, aided by the Rae of Jaj-nagar, invaded Talinganah by way of the Raj-mandri district. Now, if any one will look at the map, and take what has been mentioned into consideration, where else can Jaj-nagar possibly lie than in the tract I have indicated? Certainly not on the east side of the Bay of Bengal. It may not be amiss here to say a few words respecting the ancient boundaries of Bangalah as described by different authors, although little remains to be said after Dr. Blochmann’s elaborate paper on the subject before referred to. The Jami’-ut-Tawarikh of Fakir Muhammad says that the territory which in after times was styled Bangalah, according to such writers as have written about it, consisted of Bihar, Gaudha or Gaur or Lakhanawati, Bang, and Jaj-nagar. During the campaign in Bangalah, in Aurangzeb’s time, against his brother Shah Shuja’, the Afghan Zamindar of Birbhum and Jajnagar is said to have joined him.