Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c19.s1.26

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The Jámi-úl-Hikáyát of Muhammad U'fi alludes to the defeat of Sultán Shaháb-ud-dín or Muhammad bin Sám, usually styled Muhammad Ghori, at the hands of Múlarája II. of Anahilváda in A.D. 1178. And the Tájul Maásir⁶ describes how in A.D. 1297 the Musalmáns under Kutb-ud-dín Aibak retrieved the honour of their arms by the defeat of Karan and his flight from Anhilwára. This account refers to Gajarát as "a country full of rivers and a separate region of the world."⁷ It also notices that Sultán Násir-ud-dín Kabáchah (A.D. 1246-1266) deputed his general Khaskhán from Debal to attack Nahrwára and that Khaskhán brought back many captives and much spoil. After the conquest of Gajarát, in A.D. 1300 Sultán Alá-ud-dín Khilji despatched Ulughkhán (that is the Great Khán commonly styled Alfkhán) to destroy the idol-temple of Somnáth. This was done and the largest idol was sent to Alá-ud-dín.⁸