History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c10.s2.9

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In short, the army marched towards Jalor in A.D. 1311. The name of the commander of the expendition is not known but he does not seem to have been a brave general.²¹ The Rajputs defeated the royalists in a number of engagements and the latter beat hasty retreats. It is certain that the battle of Jalor was terrific, and perhaps a prolonged one. According to the Gujarati epic romance *Kanhad de Prabandh*,²² the contest continued for some years, and the imperialists met with a number of reverses in their first attempts to take Jalor.