The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.306

v3.c20.306

In 1306–07 ‘Alā-ud-dīn observed that Rāmachandra of Deogīr had for three successive years failed to remit to Delhi the revenues of the Ellichpur province, and a large army was sent under the command of Kāfūr Hazārdīnārī, now entitled Malik Nāib, or lieutenant of the kingdom, to punish his negligence and reduce him to obedience. The expedition had a secondary object. The wife of raja Karan of Gujarāt, Kamala Devī, longed for the society of her daughter, Deval Devī, who had been carried off by her father to Deogīr, and Malik Nāib was instructed to secure her and bring her to Delhi.