[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Tārīkh-i Dāʾūdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi) › [Tarikh-i Daudi of 'Abdu-lla (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot) › 5.3.1 # Tarikh-i Daʾudi 5.3.1 Táríkh-i Dáúdí of 'Abdu-lla (extracts) 5.3.1 - **Language:** English ### [5.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.3.1) "In 911 an earthquake rendered the Agra territory a desert" Such an earthquake had never been witnessed in Hindustan. From the days of Adam to the time of Sultan Sikandar, no one could remember a similar one; and from that period earthquakes have been frequent in Hind. Sultán Sikandar passed the rainy season of that year at Agra. After the rising of the star Canopus, he assembled his army, and set forth to take possession of Gwalior and the territories belonging to it. In a short space of time he took most of the Gwálior districts; and after building mosques in the places of idol-temples, returned towards Agra. But the troops were much harassed by the narrowness and unevenness of the roads, and at one spot where he was compelled to halt, in order to admit of the people passing at their leisure, the want of water was so severely felt, that, both on that account, and the crowding together and jostling of a vast number of cattle, many people perished. It is said, that on that day a jar of water sold for fifteen tankas. Some people, when in their excessive thirst they found water, drank to such an extent that they died, whilst others expired from the want of it. They were counted by order of the Sultán, and found to number 800 persons. Sultan Sikandar, after the lapse of two years, in 913 A.H. - [Previous: 5.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.2.9) - [Next: 5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.3.2) - [Up: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.3.1) · Pramāṇa