The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.326

v3.c20.326

These tyrannical acts caused widespread discontent. Alp Khān’s troops in Gujarāt rose in rebellion, and when Kamāl-ud-dīn Gurg was sent to restore order they seized him and put him to death with horrible tortures. The Rānā of Chitor seized many Muslim officers who held fiefs in his dominions and threw them, bound, from the battlements of his fortress. In Deogīr Harpāl Deo, a son-in-law of Rāmachandra, proclaimed himself independent and occupied most of the fortified posts established by the Muslims.