History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c2.s1.7

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¹⁶ Baranī calls it آبِ کولاب نکر. Amīr Khusrau, Yahya and Badaonī call it Rahāb. In all probability it is the present Kali Nahar which joins the Ganga near Kanauj. It would have been unwise on the part of Malik Chhajjū to march north of the Ganga from Kara to cross after some distance both the Ganga and the Jumna to strike at Delhi. He surely marched from Kara on a route in between the two rivers. The river on which the battles were fought cannot, therefore, be Ramganga, as some writers have suggested. Hājī calls this river کولائت کی *kalat* means a castle on the top of mountain. Elliot, Vol. III p. 138, (note) gives the meaning of Kalaib nagar as a natural stronghold.