History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c2.s1.20

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²⁵ Barani has **هزار و اند ٹھگ**. *Tab. Akb.* has 1,000 and uses the word **قطاع الطريق**. As Hodivālā (p. 266) aptly remaks "This is perhaps the earliest reference in Muslim historical literature to the "Thugs" in the specific sense which the word has now acquired." It is here not used in the general signification of a cheat or swindler but for a peculiar class of high-way robbers.