[14] Briggs’ Farishtah, IV. 169. [↑]
[15] When fellow-nobles in the court of the Tughlak Sultán, Zafar Khán (Sultán Muzaffar of Gujarát) and Diláwar Khán bound themselves under an oath to be brothers in arms. Farishtah, Pers. Text II. 462. [↑]
[16] Briggs’ Farishtah, IV. 173; Elphinstone’s History, 678. [↑]
[17] Though their temples were turned into mosques the Jains continued to prosper under the Ghoris. At Deogarh in Lalitpura in Jhánsi in the North-West Provinces an inscription of Samvat 1481, that is of a.d. 1424, records the dedication of two Jaina images by a Jain priest named Holi during the reign of Sháh Alambhaka of Mandapapura, that is of Sháh Alp Khán of Mándu that is Sultán Hoshang Ghori. Archæological Survey of India, New Series, II. 120. [↑]
[18] Farishtah, Pers. Text II. 464–65. [↑]
[19] Briggs’ Farishtah, IV. 176, 178, 180, 181, 183. [↑]
[20] Farishtah, Pers. Text II. 466–67. [↑]
[21] Briggs’ Farishtah, IV. 180. In connection with the Tárápúr Gate Farishtah says (Pers. Text, II. 468): The fort of Mándu is built on the top of a mountain, and the line of its fortification is about twenty-eight miles in length. In place of a moat it is surrounded by a deep chasm, so that it is impossible to use missiles against it. Within the fort water and provisions are abundant and it includes land enough to grow grain for the garrison. The extent of its walls makes it impossible for an army to invest it. Most of the villages near it are too small to furnish supplies to a besieging force. The south or Tárápúr gate is exceedingly difficult of access. A horseman can hardly approach it. From whichever side the fort may be attempted, most difficult heights have to be scaled. The long distances and intervening hills prevent the watchers of the besieging force communicating with each other. The gate on the side of Delhi is of easier access than the other gates. [↑]
[22] It follows that Farishtah (Briggs, IV. 196) is mistaken in stating that Hoshang’s son Muhammad gave Mándu the name of Shádiábád, the Abode of Joy. [↑]
[23] Farishtah, Pers. Text II. 472–475. It seems to follow that from the first the monument to Hoshang in Hoshangábád was an empty tomb. Compare Briggs’ Farishtah, IV. 180–190. [↑]