History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.18

c8.18

According to him, the first migration occurred in 727 A.H. when the Sultan carried with his mother Makhdum Jahan, the amirs, maliks and other notable persons with horses, elephants and treasure of the state. Again, after describing the invasion of Tarmāshīrīn Khan, which according to him occurred in 729 A.H., and the taxation of the Doab with the disturbance which followed it, Yahyā writes that the Sultan purchased the houses of the inhabitants of Dihli and carried them, together with the inhabitants of the neighbouring towns, to Daulatabad so that the houses in Dihli were emptied and there was heard in the city not even the cry of dogs or cats. Daulatabad was filled with the inhabitants of Dihli who were munificently rewarded.