The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c12.162

v1.c12.162

According to all the authorities this battle took place on the 8th of Muharram, 392 A.H. (*c.* 1001 A.D.). Amongst the booty obtained by the Sulṭān Muslim chroniclers give much prominence to the necklaces (*mālā*) worn by Jayapāla and his chiefs. According to Niẓām-ud-Dīn and Firishta, the *mālā* worn by the *Sāhi* prince was valued by experts ‘at 180,000 *dīnārs*,’² while ‘Utbī gives the value of all the ‘precious stones,’ ‘glittering pearls and valuable rubies’ at 200,000 *dīnārs* of ‘red gold.’