The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.127

v3.c29.s2.127

Jaisalmer was again restored by Ghar Singh, who is said to have received it in fee from the king of Delhi for services rendered against Tīmūr, who did not invade India until nearly a century after this time, but if any such services were rendered the occasion was perhaps, as conjectured by Lt-Col. Tod, one of the many irruptions of the Mughuls which took place at this period. Ghar Singh was assassinated in 1335, and was succeeded by his adopted son, Kehar Singh. Kehar Singh's third son, Kailan, involved the Jaisalmer state in hostilities with the kingdom of Multān by establishing himself on the northern bank of the Sutlej, where he is said to have founded the town of Kahror¹. The presence of the Bhātīs on the Multān side of the river was resented, and Chāchakdeo, who succeeded to Jaisalmer about 1448, is said to have resided at Marot in order the more readily to repel raids on his territories from the direction of Multān. He is credited in the annals of the state with two victories over the Muslim kings of Multān, besides others over the Dhundīs, the Rāthors, and even the Khokhars of the Punjab. He is said to have lost his life in battle with the king of Multān, but the native annals, a most untrustworthy guide, are the only authority for his exploits. Even these fail us after Chāchakdeo's reign, and until the time of the Mughul emperors record nothing but a bare list of names.