The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c8.112

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⁵ Minhaj, p. 172; the text has Ratanpur, but see Raverty, trans. p. 610. *Cf.* the *Hammira-maha-kavya* in which the event is related differently. The young prince Viranarayana, on his way to wed the Kachwaha princess of Gwalior, was attacked by the forces of ‘Jalaluddin, ruler of Joginipur,’ but the battle proving indecisive, the latter, by promises of reward and friendship, persuaded the prince to visit Delhi where he was perfidiously murdered. His minister, Bhagavata, thereupon retired to Malwah and the fort of Ranthambhor was consequently occupied by Jalaluddin’s forces without opposition. Although Jalaluddin is known to have been one of Raziah’s official names, in whose reign