The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c10.13

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captured, can hardly refer to any place in the interior of Orissa, much less to Narasinha’s capital; a very plausible suggestion is to look for it in the Arambagh subdivision of the Hooghly district¹. Yuzbak’s victory, at best, must have been gained over some local feudatory on the frontier; a probable recovery of a part of the lost territories on this region cannot be ruled out. It was obviously to commemorate some such local gain, either in territory, or in tribute, that he issued a silver coin in 653/1255, allegedly struck “from the *Kharaj* of Arazbadan (Umardan)”².