History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c18.12

c18.12

⁷ According to Khusrau Deval Rani was only six months old at the time of the first invasion of Gujarat, 1299. (*Deval Rani* p. 82). He confirms this statement by saying at another place that she was eight years when captured (p. 93). According to Ferishtah she was four years when she was separated from her mother in 1299 (*Ferishtah* pp. 116-17). There is no reason to accept Ferishtah’s statement against that of the contemporary Khusrau.