The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c15.s2.t5.55

v2.c15.s2.t5.55

Although all the three Muslim writers mentioned above were contemporaries of Ulugh Khān (the later Muḥammad bin Tughluq) yet the account of ‘Iṣāmi, as already stated, is the earliest, and may probably be considered more trustworthy than the other two. What presumably happened at Warangal may now be stated briefly, though it is not possible, owing to the conflicting character of the available evidence, to present an indisputably accurate picture of the events. Ulugh Khān marched to Warangal with his army and besieged the city for six months, but failed to capture it. A rebellion broke out in his camp owing to the machinations of ‘Ubaid who is variously spoken of as a poet and an astrologer, and Ulugh Khān was obliged as a consequence to raise the siege and retreat homewards, hotly pursued by the Hindus, who attacked him frequently, plundered his baggage, and followed him until he reached Kōṭagiri, where Majīr Abu Riza, who was engaged in besieging the fort there, came to his help and saved his army from destruction.