The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c12.35

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¹ Tāj, f. 67b. Kotwāl, originally Kotpāl, is a word of Hindu derivation. Kot=fort; pāl=guardian. ² I.B., ii, p. 28; E. & D., iii, p. 576, for Muḥammad bin Tughluq’s garrisons; Khazā’in-u’l-futūḥ, p. 30. ³ Dā’ūdī, f. 79b ⁴ Ibid. ⁵ Akbar-nāmah, i, p. 356. ⁶ Baranī, pp. 320-323. ⁷ Thomas, pp. 78, 79.