The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c18.78

v2.c18.78

**Cenotaph of Sayyad Bukhari.** The only other monument in the town is the cenotaph of Sayyad 'Ali Bukhari, a Pathan saint of some renown, who accompanied Kālāpāhāḍa. 'It is said that after the battle at Yājpur he accompanied his chief to Katak, where he displayed great valour in the siege of Fort Bārobati ; but when its garrison was about to yield, his head was severed by the sword of the enemy. His headless trunk, however, gave spur to his horse which carried him straight to Yājpur. Here he prayed and was sanctified, like the king of France at the gate of heaven :—"And then he set up such a headless howl, that all the saints came out and took him in". 'Ali Bukhari was then buried on the high terrace where his tomb still stands, his horse being buried in a separate grave beside him. It is also said that his head was interred in Katak, perhaps in the tomb which stands under the pipal tree in the centre of the Fort'²⁹.