History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c9.s1.25

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This story of Malik Muhammad Jaisi in which romance, adventure and tragedy are all beautifully intermixed, very soon gripped the popular mind and here, there and everywhere the story of Padmini was told and retold. The Persian chroniclers who did not very much care to distinguish between fiction and fact readily accepted it as true history so that after the time of Malik Muhammad Jaisi the Padmini episode is mentioned as a historical fact in many historical works including those of Ferishtah and Hajiuddabir.