Twilight of the Sultanate c7.s1.48

c7.s1.48

⁴⁹ His name is given as Duljīn (دلجین) in *Z. N.*, II, 68. *Mulfuzāt* has Dulchīn (دولچین). Badaonī calls him (جلجین) Jaljīn. Ferishta has Rao Khaljī (راو خلجی). In his translation of the *Mulfuzāt*, Dowson adds a note (E. and D, III, 422) that Chain or Chan is most probably intended for Chand. Chand is rather a Vaishya name and would not fit with the Kshatriya Rao. Briggs was obviously not satisfied with the reading of Sharafuddīn but does not risk a suggestion (Briggs I, 488 n). I suggest that it is Daljīt, for whom an error of the copyist ت was perhaps changed into ن. Chand from چین is rather far fetched; جیت would be more appropriate. T.A. calls him Bhattī Rajput. Also *T.A.*, De's Trs., I, 279.