Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s1.139

c7.s1.139

¹ Compare the account of Sidi Ali Reis, Vambery, 60. ² Compare the account of the defeat of Ain-ul-mulk when he rebelled against Sultan Muhammad Tughluq. On the field of battle his army was scattered and it was rumoured that he was killed, his wife refused to be saved and stayed there to share the fate of her husband and if possible to be burnt like a Hindu widow (*vide* K.R., II, 66). Compare also the opinion of Amir Khusrau and his profound admiration for the Hindu wife. Q.S., 31. ³ Compare Tod, II, 620 on their effect over the Rajputs. ⁴ Compare Tod, I, 310-11 (note) for Grierson. The term ‘Jauhar’ is derived from *Jatu-griha* ‘a house built of lac or other combustibles’ in allusion to the story in the Mahabharata (i, chap. 141-51) of the attempted destruction of the Pandavas by setting such a building on fire.