The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.320
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.320
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Malik Nāib left Madura on April 24 and reached Delhi on October 18, 1311, with the enormous spoils of his enterprise, which included 312 elephants, 20,000 horses, 2,750 pounds of gold, equal in value to 100,000,000 *tangas*, and chests of jewels. No such booty had ever before been brought to Delhi: the spoils of Deogīr could not compare with those of Dvāravatīpura and Madura, and the king, when receiving the leaders of the expedition in the Palace of the Thousand Pillars at Sīrī, distributed largesse to them and to the learned men of Delhi with a lavish hand.