South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c16.3

c16.3

‘With reference to your question regarding the origin of Jalalu-d-din and Alau-d-din, the Khilji sovereigns, I beg to say that in ‘Tazikhi-Feroz Shahi of Zayau-d-din Barni,’ Jalalu-d-din is not considered as belonging to the race of the Turks; nor it is clearly laid down in it that he came of an Afghan race. This fact will be clear from Mr. Elliotts’ History of India (Vol. iii, page 34), in which the author has given the translation of a portion of Feroz Shahi, which runs as follows :—