The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s17.196

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Soon after this, however, Malik Kâfur was summoned up to Delhi; and, while he was occupied in intrigues there, Harapâla, the son-in-law of Râmachandra, stirred up the Dekkan to arms, expelled a number of the Musalmân garrisons, and asserted his power over the former territories of Dêvagiri. The intrigues at Delhi ended in the death of Allâ-ud-dîn, on the 19th December, A. D. 1316. But, shortly after this, Malik Kâfur himself was assassinated; and Mubârik, the third son of Allâ-ud-dîn, was placed on the throne. In A. D. 1318, Mubârik himself led an army to chastise Harapâla. On the arrival of the king, Harapâla and his adherents fled. But a detachment was sent in pursuit of them. And Harapâla was captured, brought back, flayed alive, and decapitated; and his head was set up over the gate of his own capital. This completed the extinction of the last remnant of the power of the dynasty.