History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.s2.42

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¹ Major Raverty has shown that the name of “Pathâns” does not apply to the first six dynasties of Sultâns of Delhi, who were “Turkish slaves, Khaljis, Jats, low caste Hindûs and Sayyids.” We owe the blunder to the translators of Firishta.—‘Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,’ vol. xliv. pp. 24 *et seqq.*