History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c12.s1.7

c12.s1.7

According to Ferishtah, Kamlā Devī, the wife of Rāja Karan, who had been forced into the imperial *haram* after the fall of Gujarat and who had now been reconciled to her lot, requested ‘Alāuddīn to secure her daughter Deval Devī from the custody of her father. Kamlā Devī had two daughters by her former husband. The elder one had died but the younger one, who was an infant of six months²⁶ at the time of the invasion of Gujarat, was left with Rāja Karan. Kamlā's motherly instinct was roused when she heard of an army being sent to Devagiri, where Karan had taken refuge, and she requested the Sultān to obtain Deval Devī. In this way the ex-queen of Gujarat proved to be the cause of much misery and humiliation to her former husband.²⁷