History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.s1.27

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¹³³ Ibn Batūṭah, IV, p. 31. Alāpūr is Jaurā ‘Alāpūr. It is situated to the W. N. W. of Gwalior, where Sir Robert Napier gained a victory over the Gwalior insurgents in 1858. Cathay and the Way Thither, II, p. 414. The town is mentioned by Ibn Batūṭah. From Ibn Batūṭah’s account it is clear that the town is ‘Alāpūr in the Gwalior territory now. He writes: A day’s