South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c13.s1.78

c13.s1.78

17. Kharabad.—This was according to Amir Khusru the head-quarters of Paras Deo Dalvi, the commander-in-chief of Ram Deo of Deogir, which lay some considerable distance from Deogir and was reached by the army of Malik Kafur at the end of an arduous march and having crossed three rivers Sini, Godavari and Binhur (or Bhima). This seems to be a place set over against the south-eastern frontier of the dominions of the Raja of Deogir. If we could presume a little mixing up in the narrative of Amir Khusru, the identification suggested in the text for Kharabad, namely Bir, would be satisfactory. The difficulty in this is that Bir is not situated on the farther side of the three rivers in the course of the march; otherwise Bir would serve the purpose well.