تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 11.14.6

11.14.6

Tughluq made for the capital Dihlī, and Khusraw Khān came out against him with his troops and encamped outside Dihlī at a place known as Āṣiyā Abād, which means 'windmill'. He ordered the treasuries opened and gave out money by the bagful, neither weighed nor counted. Battle was joined between him and Tughluq, and the Hindus fought most fiercely; Tughluq's troops were routed, his camp was plundered, and he was left alone with his three hundred veteran companions. He said to them: "Where can we flee? Wherever we are caught we will be killed." Khusraw Khān's troops were busy plundering and dispersed from him, and only a few remained with him. Tughluq and his companions made for his position. The sultan there is recognised by the parasol raised over his head, which in Egypt is called 'the dome and the bird' and is raised there on festivals; but in Hind and China