The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c15.s2.t5.19

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The expedition set out from Delhi on the 25th of Jumāda, A.H. 709 (31 Oct. 1309), passed through Dēvagiri where it halted for a few days, and then marched on to Telinġāṇa through the diamond-mining district of Basiragaṛh and reached the fort of Sarbar, which it captured after a siege. The commandant and the garrison resolved to perish rather than fall into the hands of the Musalmāns. They lighted a huge fire and threw themselves into it with their wives and children. The fort was handed over to Annā Niḍ, the surviving brother of the late commandant, who promised obedience to the Sulṭān.²