1923.| Life and letters of Malik‘Aynw’l-Mulk Mahri. 289 
by way of Behar to Jajnagar. When the Sultan reached Sikra 
(Mahru Sarangarh and Badayuni Satghara or Satgarh), he 
attacked it, and the Rai took to flight. When he advanced 
further Ahmad Khan! joined the Sultan from Lakhnauti in 
the hills of Ranthor. The Sultan then proceeded to the 
City of Banarasi, which was the residence of the Rai. Having 
left Mahanadi, the Rai (of Banarasi) had fled to Tilang. The 
Sultan pursued him for one day’s March, but when he found that 
the Rai was far in advance, he returned. In this neighbour- 
hood the Sultan hunted. Rai Bir Bhan Deo sent some persons 
to sue for peace. The Sultan turned aside, and the Rai sent 
in 33 elephants and rich offerings as tribute. From thence 
he fell back and hunted in Padmavati and the elephant fields. 
Reached Delhi in Rajab 762 H. (October 1361 A.D.). 
According to A. Sterling (Orissa: Reprint, 1904) the 
denomination Biranasi has been confined to a village near the 
point of separation of Mahanadi and Kajori (Kathajori) 
of the name, by Jajnagar, it appears to me that Orissa was 
meant. Seven centuries ago, I think Lakhnauti stood for the 
states and Telangana. Among the countries of India Ibn 
Batuta mentions Jajnagar, and not Orissa (Udissa).2 In 
verse Shams-i-Siraj ‘Afif (p. 169) says: ‘‘ When (the Sultan) 
oo 
Banarasit was the chief potentate, and had the title of the 

! He appears to be a different person from one in the employ of the 
Rai of Jajnagar. ome a 
2 Among dominions of the Sultan of Dihli noted by Shiba it - 
Abu’iAbbas Ahmad (697-749 H.=1207-1348 A.D.), in his Masdlikw' 
Absar {i Mamaliku’l-Amear Jajnagar and Lakhnauti are mentioned an 
also Bihar— Vide Elliot-Dowson III. 
