The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c26.45

v3.c26.45

In the same year Mahmūd marched to Chanderī, and thence sent Sher Khān and Fath Khān to capture the town of Karahra, 160 miles distant from his camp. They invested the place and pushed forward their parallels until they were able to throw lighted combustibles into one quarter of the town. The fire spread, and destroyed 3000 houses, and the town was captured without difficulty, no fewer than 7000 prisoners being taken. Mahmūd was informed at Chanderī of the outbreak of the conflagration, and is said to have ridden in one night from that town to Karahra in order to witness the discomfiture of the unbelievers, but this is hardly credible.