Twilight of the Sultanate c9.s3.12
Twilight of the Sultanate c9.s3.12
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c9.s3.12
Simultaneously in the east Tājul Mulk was busy collecting the annual revenue. Marching through and sacking Baran (Bulandshahr), Kol (Aligarh) and Deoli, “which was a stronghold of the infidels,”⁷⁵ he arrived at Etawah. The inhabitants of the countryside were plundered and the fort invested, whereupon Rai Sumēr paid the usual revenue or tribute. Chandwār was plundered next and revenue was collected from Vīr Singh of Katēhar and Mahābat Khan of Badaon.