History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c3.57

c3.57

⁶¹ Khor is variously spelt in the different MSS. It is Khod (کھود) in the Calcutta Text and خور in the Bankipore MS., but this is a mistake of the scribes. Khor is situated in 27° 33' and 79° 35' E. about six miles to the East of Shamsabad. The modern town of Shamsabad was built upon the ruins of Khor. The old town of Khor, some three and a half miles distant on the Ganges cliff, was founded about the beginning of the 13th century by a Rathor chieftain. All that remains of Khor is a large mound called the Kot or fort of the Khor Rajas, which rises about 30 feet above the level of the alluvial lowlands.