History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.139

c10.139

Barani places this rebellion after the return of the Sultan from the Deccan and the appointment of Nusrat Khan to Bidar and Qutlugh Khan to Devagiri. The author of the *Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi* assigns the year 744 A.H. to this rebellion and mentions it just after the rebellion of the Khokhar chief at Lahore. Badaoni, who otherwise copies the *Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi* makes no mention of the rebellion. Firishta follows the order of the *Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi* and mentions the rebellion just after the king's return from the Deccan. All this chronology is defective. Ibn Batūṭah's account enables us to fix the approximate date with some certainty. This was the last rebellion in Northern India which he witnessed. From his account it is established that the revolt did certainly take place after the Sultan's return from Saragdwāri in 741 A.H. and before Ibn Batūṭah's departure from Hindustan in 743 A.H. Ibn Batūṭah, writing of his ascetic mode of life, which he adopted after his return from Saragdwāri, says :—