History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c20.s3.22

c20.s3.22

After defeating the Raja of Warangal, Khusrau Khan marched towards M'abar. According to both Baranī and Iṣāmī he attacked Masulipatam (Patan of the Muslim historians, lying near Motupille on the mouth of Krishna) and there robbed a wealthy merchant Khvājā Taqi by name.⁸¹ Sirāj Taqi was a very rich man and having learnt that a *Muslim* army was coming on, had not fled. Khusrau robbed him of his jewels and wealth and killed him. 'Iṣāmī's version that Khusrau Khan asked Sirāj Taqi to surrender his daughter to his embraces,⁵² and the old Musalman preferring death to such a humiliation committed suicide, does not seem to be improbable.