[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) › c8.9 # History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.9 History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.9 - **Language:** English ### [c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.9) and this is supported by the \*Masālik\* wherein Devagiri is described as the \*Qubbat-al-Islam\*.⁵ The author the \*Masālik\* derived his information from one who had seen Devagiri with his own eyes. In Nelson Wright's Catalogue of coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, there is a gold coin (No. 307) issued in 727 A.H., bearing the same superscription as the above.⁶ Further evidence of this is supplied by the fact that earlier coins struck at the Devagiri mint are different. The title of \*Qubbat-al-Islam\* does not appear on the coins issued in various years, but we have a coin struck at Daulatabad, the new name of Devagiri in 726 A.H., having on the margin the following legend which is different from the one quoted above:⁷ - [Previous: c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.8) - [Next: c8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.10) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.9) · Pramāṇa