The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.613

v2.c31.613

⁸ The Muslim leader in this invasion is often designated by Jayasiṁha as *Milacchikāra* (III, 3 ff.). It has been recently suggested that this name is a corruption of *Amīr-i-Shikāra*, an office conferred by Quṭb ud-Dīn on Iltutmish; *HR*, II, p. 467; also *IA*, 1929, p. 47. I do not know how this identification can be sustained on phonetic grounds. Dr. Barnett considers the identification as very improbable, but it seems to me possible that Jayasiṁha may have based his plot on some of the incidents which took place when Iltutmish (1211-36 A.D.) captured Mandawar (مندور), probably mod. Mandor near Jodhpur in the Siwalik (Sapādalakṣa territory) in A. H. 624 (c. 1226 A. D.), or when he invaded Malwa in A. H. 632 (c. 1234 A. D.), captured Bhilsa, and sacked Ujjain. See *TN*, Vol. I, pp. 611 and 621 ff. Though he text sometimes gives the name as (مندیر), the mention of ‘Siwalik’ A. H. 632 makes the identification of Mandawar with Mandu impossible; see *ibid*, p. 611, fn. 3. *CHI*, Vol. III, p. 53 places it 8 miles north of Bijnor in U.P. I think Raverty was right and Sir W. Haig wrong.