The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c8.127

c8.127

Operations south of the Jumna, however, brought less encouraging results. Malik Tayasai, the commandant of Bayana and Gwalior, was directed in 631/1233-34, to proceed with the Kanouj forces against Kalinjar. The ruler, possibly Trailokyavarma, fled on his approach and Tayasai thereupon freely plundered a number of towns and obtained a vast amount of booty⁴. Kalinjar however, does not appear to have been recovered; judging from the Hindu records of the country around, little territorial advantage accrued to the Delhi forces. Although Tayasai claimed to have captured the raja's standard and kettledrums on this occasion, he obviously considered it a great military feat to have been able to get away. Mention is made, in connection with this expedition, of a place, called Jamu by Minhaj, which, Cunningham thought, should refer to Bandhogarh in Baghelkhand where the Baghela dynasty had recently established itself and was gathering power¹. On his way back Tayasai was attacked in the defiles by a "Rana Chahir Ajari", doubtless identical with Chahara Deva of the Jajapella dynasty who later supplanted the Pariharas in Narwar². By great exertions Tayasai was able to extricate his forces and reach Gwalior.