The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s5.422

v1.c17.s5.422

quit Barānasī,¹ and to take up his residence elsewhere, so Sulṭān Fīrūz occupied his place. The writer has been informed that there were two forts in Barānasi each populated by a large number of people. The Rāīs were Brahmans, and it was held to be a religious duty that every one who succeeded to the title of the Rāī at Jājnagar should add something to these forts. They had thus grown very large.