History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.98

c10.98

Neither Barani nor Ibn Batūṭah specifically mentions the date of this rebellion, but with the help of their writings we can determine the correct date. Badaoni accepts the date 747 A.H. (1347 A.D.) given by the author of the *Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi*, and he is copied by Firishta. A close examination of the narratives of Barani and Ibn Batūṭah leads to the conclusion that the revolt of ‘Ain-al-Mulk occurred at the end of the period during which the Sultan stayed at Saragdwāri, which must be sometime in 740-41 A.H. Barani says: ‘when the Sultan came back to Dihli after the suppression of the revolt of ‘Ain-al-Mulk, he stopped the prayers of Friday and the ‘Ids. He had his own name and style removed from his coins and that of the Khalifah substituted . . .’⁷² There is a coin in Mr. Thomas’ collection dated 741 A.H. issued from Dihli which bears on it the name of the Khalifah Al-Mustakfi’ Billah Abu-al-rabi’a Sulaiman of Egypt.⁷³ This shows that the rebellion must have taken place before the issue of such coins, *i.e.*, either sometime in 741 A.H. or a little before that.