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men were no doubt immense, and more than they expected. 
The beauty of Katak Baranasi has been chronicled by all 
Batutta’s travels of the time. 
Firtz Shah’s main purpose of the journey was elephant- 
hunting, though hedged round by other reasons by the writer 
of the account of victory, and by ‘ Ayni-Mahra. Vent, vide, 
vict (1 came, I saw, I conquered) is what this good sport- 
loving emperor might have said on the result of his expedition 
to Jajnagar. He broke no idol, pillaged no shrine. While he 
purstied the Rai, he turned back to hunt. He went to see the 
celebrated temple of Jagannath, at Puri. What ‘Afif says that, 
he carried an idol named Jagannath, found at the Rai’s fort, 
is not borne out by Mahrai. Perhaps he wanted it for his 
Museum. He went to Puri to view and admire the famous 
Jagannath. 
The itinerary of Sultan Firiiz Shah’s expedition as given 
by ‘Afif and ‘Ayn-i-Mahrii are verbose, though they were 
contemporary writers. Their geographical description of the 
various stages of the expedition is not quite convincing. 
‘Aynu’l-Mulk’s letters and despatches do not give us full light 
on the question, as they have come to‘us in a mutilated 
condition, : 
eo, who sent a present of thirty-two elephants, and other 
costly offerings.” ! Here Badayuni who not only follows ‘Afif, 
but also some other authority mentions three Rais, viz. 0 
Satgarh (or Sarangarh of Mahrii), of Banarasi who was the Chief 
Rai, and of Rai Pethoria Deo. : 
All doubt about Firiz Shah’s expedition to Jajnagar 1s, 
however, set at rest by Yahya ibn Ahmad’s Tarikh-i-Mubaras- 
shahi (Elliot—Dowson Vol. IV, pp. 10-11). Badayuni and 
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Firishta follow him. After the rains, writes Yahy4, Firaz Shah, 
left Jaunpur in Zil-hijja, 761 H. (May 1360 A.D.) and marched 

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