History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c9.56

c9.56

Rennell in his Memoirs of a Map of Hindustan (Introduction, LIII) says that the troops entered by way of Assam, the route formerly taken by Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji's troops in the twelfth century. Rennell relies upon Firishta who is a secondary authority in comparison with Ibn Batūṭah. Ibn Batūṭah's account is too detailed to be a mere slip. He distinctly says that the place was nearly 200 miles from Dihli.