History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.278

c11.278

¹⁵⁵ Khangar was the ruler of Kutch. Barani clearly writes in one place (p. 521) سلطان محمد مهم کرنال و قاع کنگار را مقدم داشت which means that the Sultan attached great importance to the expedition against the fort of Karnal and the destruction of Kānhgar. Again (p. 523) he makes Khankhar and the Rai of Karnal two different persons. His words are:— کهنکوار و رانه کرنال را گرفته بدرگاه اوردند which means that Khankhar and the Rai of Karnal were taken prisoners and sent to court. This is a mistake of Barani. Nizam-al-Din Ahmad also writes: “After he (Sultan) had taken possession of the citadel of Karnal, with its dependencies the head men and Rais of the neighbourhood all submitted to him and rendered him homage. Kankar, the ruler of Kutch, also came and made obeisance.” Calcutta Text, p. 222. Firishta also describes Khankar as the ruler of the country of Kutch. Hājji-ad-Dabīr in writing of this conquest says that Khānkar, the Rana of Girnar fled in his ship but he was captured, and brought to the Sultan. Girnar was conquered in 750 A.H. The Bankipore MS. of the Mirāt-i-Ahmadi says that Sultan Muhammad conquered the fort of Karnal. Khāngar, the ruler of the territory of Kutch, also paid homage. On his return the Sultan appointed Nizam-al-Mulk governor of Gujarat.