The Nāṣirī Generations 244.6.5

244.6.5

As Malik Kutlugh Khan found it impossible to make any further resistance within the limits of Hindustan, he came, through the midst of the independent [Hindu] tribes, towards Santur, and in that mountainous tract sought shelter, and took up his abode. All [the people of that part] were wont to serve him, for he was a great Malik, and one among the grandees, and a servant of the Court, and one of the Turk Maliks, and had just claims upon them all. Wherever he used to come, on account of what was owed him for the past, and having regard for the possible issue of his affairs, they were wont to hold him in veneration. When he sought safety and protection in the Santur mountains, Ranah Ran-pal [Ran-pala], the Hindi, who held the chieftain-ship among the Hindus—and it was the usage among that people to protect those who sought shelter with them—assisted Malik Kutlugh Khan.