History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.89

c10.89

Nusrat's rebellion was followed by that of 'Ali Shah, nephew of Zafar Khan 'Alai and one of the amirs Sadah of Qutlugh Khan, described by Ibn Batūṭah as a brave, handsome and good-natured man.69 This rebellion occurred in the Deccan in 740 A.H. It is clear from Barani and Ibn Batūṭah that the date 746 A.H. given by the author of the Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi Badaoni and Firishta is incorrect. The date given by the first two is contradicted by their own admission that Qutlugh Khan sent the vanquished rebels to the Sultan at Saragdwāri. But this cannot be, if we accept the date 746 A.H., for the king had already left the place early in 741 A.H. after the suppression of 'Ain-al-mulk's revolt. Barani who places this revolt after Nusrat's rebellion in point of time says that