The Nāṣirī Generations 204.1

204.1

The capital city Dihli was reached on the 2nd of Muharram, 645 H., and the Sultan remained at Dihli on account of the abundance of rain and severity of the rainy season. In the month of Jamadi-ul-Akhir of this same year, the camp and the royal pavilion were pitched in the direction of Pani-pat, and, in Sha’ban, [the Sultan] returned again [to Dihli] ; and the sublime standards moved towards the part of Hindustan situated in the Do-ab. Within the limits of [the district] of Kinnauj there was a fortified place and strong fort, the name of which was Talsandah, which was reported to be as stout as the wall of Sikandar. In that fort a body of infidel Hindus sought a place of security, and washed their hands of their lives. For a period of ten days, the troops of Islam in attendance at the august stirrup carried on the conflict against that place with the Hindus until they despatched the whole of those rebels to hell, and the place was taken.