Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s1.5
Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s1.5
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⁷ Sīrī was built by Sultan 'Alāuddīn Khaljī in 1303 on a village of the same name. It was situated about three miles to the N.E. of the Qutb Mīnār. The fort was still under construction when the Mongols invaded India. They were completely defeated, and the heads of some 8,000 of them were used as bricks in the construction of the walls. Tīmūr has described Sīrī in detail. In 1548 Shēr Shāh destroyed this city of 'Alāuddīn. Lal, *History of the Khaljīs*, 375-76.