History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.21

c10.21

²⁰ Barani, Calcutta Text, p. 481. Firishta says, thousands made the attempt but many of them perished on the way owing to famine which then desolated the country of Malwa and Chanderi. Barani is certainly more correct when he says that two or three caravans were formed which returned to Dihli but those who liked the Maratha country stayed there.