The Nāṣirī Generations 244.3.5
Tabakat-i-Nasiri 244.3.5
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244.3.5
Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam, along with other Maliks under his orders, with numerous forces, was appointed to proceed towards Rantabhur, and to ravage the Koh-payah of Mewat, and the territory of Nahar Diw, who was greatest of all the Raes of Hindustan. The whole country, and the confines of that territory were ravaged, and a large amount of booty was acquired, and, at the foot of the fort of Rantabhur, on Sunday, the 11th of the month of Zi-Hijjah, 646 H., Malik Baha-ud-Din, I-bak, the Khwajah, attained martyrdom. Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam was engaged [at this time] in holy warfare on another side of the fortress, and his dependents were [also] occupied in battle and holy warfare, and despatched numbers of the infidels to hell. Immense booty, and invaluable property was acquired, and the Musalman troops were made rich with plunder, and returned to the sublime presence.