The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c11.70

c11.70

rebellion. He is described as having been sent for the subjugation of 'Jajnagar' and Awadh. On arrival at the former place he defeated a strong force of the Rai, commanded by Maldeo Rana. He then pushed on to 'Jahanbar (? Add. 16842, f. 513b, has Maha-Benares), the residence of the Rai and even captured the strong fort of 'Asirgaon' (The two B.M. Mss. have Gaonsunar; Sunargaon is possibly meant) by defeating the Rawats. The Rai, Beerajit Mal, thereupon sued for peace and offered to acknowledge Muslim suzerainty and pay tribute. The offer being accepted, the Rai presented himself to the Sultan and was enrolled as a vassal. Thereafter, the Muslim army, accompanied by the Sultan returned to Delhi, on the 5th Shawwal, 680/1281; Ijaz-i-Khusravi, (Lucknow edition) V, pp. 5-14. Place names in this account are difficult to identify; it could hardly refer to the conquest of Orissa. 'Asirgaon' is probably Sunargaon, which soon appears under Muslim rule. The duration of Danujamadhava's reign is not known, but Battashali is inclined to place its termination sometime about 1280; Is it probable that Danuja Rai was reduced by Bektars before Tughril could be pursued any further and that the agreement recorded followed this event? Beerajit Mal, in that event, should be supposed to be the name of Danuj Rai's general. Barani, in any case seems to allude to the annexation of Sunargaon when he records Balban's warning to Bughra (p. 93) that 'whoever among the muqtis of Hind, Sind, Malwah, Gujrat, Lakhnauti and Sunargaon revolts against Delhi, he would meet with a fate similar to that of Tughril'. The undoubted occupation of Sunargaon is proved by the issue of a coin, a few years later, by Bughra's son and successor, Kaikaus from the Kharaj of Bang' dated 690/1291; JASB, 1922, p. 410.