[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of the Qaraunah Turks in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936) › c12.276 # History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.276 History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.276 - **Language:** English ### [c12.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.276) ¹¹⁶ Ibn Batūtah writes Dhāwah. Badāoni who follows Yahya has Dhāwah. He writes: “ And in the year 727 A.H. the Sultan having formed the design of proceeding to Deogir, posted a chain of Dhāwah, that is to say, paiks, or runners as guards at a distance of one Kroh along the whole road from Dihli to Deogir built a monastery at each stage and appointed a Shaikh to each.” Ranking, Al-Badaoni I, p. 302. The word Dhāwah is a corrupted form of the Sanskrit word Dhāwak from the root Dhāwā which means to run. Dhawak means a runner. Paik is a Persian word which means a running footman, a carrier or messager. Barani also uses the word Dhāwah. Calcutta Text, pp. 481-82. - [Previous: c12.275](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.275) - [Next: c12.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.277) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12) ## Cites (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c12.276) · Pramāṇa