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² On this point see *TN* (Vol. I, pp. 627-28), which refers to Budā'ūn Banāras, Kinnauj-i-Shergarh and Tirhut as the conquests of Iltutmish. Note also the significant mention by that authority (*ibid*, pp. 628-29) of the existence in the reign of Iltutmish of one 'accursed Bartū' (or Britū) in 'the territory of Awadh' 'beneath whose sword, a hundred and twenty thousand Musalmāns had attained martyrdom.' Raverty suggests that the name of the Hindu chief may be meant for Pṛthu. *TN* tells us that this ruler was overthrown and 'sent to Hell' by Malik Naṣīr ud-Dīn Muḥammad Shāh, the eldest son of Sulṭān Shams ud-Dīn, soon after 623 H. (A.D. 1226). What relation this prince had with the Gāhaḍavālas must at present remain unknown. But as his date is not far removed from the last known date of Hariścandra (A.D. 1197 or 1200?), and as his territory was contiguous to the area where the last Gāhaḍavāla inscriptions have been discovered, he may have belonged to that family. For the history of the Chunar region in the Muslim period, note the stone-inscription in the fort at Chunar, dated in (V) Saṁvat 1390 (A.D. 1334?), which refers to *Shahābadinādi-duṣṭātma-Yavanendra-Mahammadā*. This prince has been identified with Muḥammad ibn Tughluq. The record seems to mention the following line of chiefs who ruled in *Kāśīpūra*: