184/.] An Account 0/ the Temple of Triceni near Iluyli. 3D 7 



account given by Ferisliteh of Feroze Togluk of Delili (vide Brigg's 

 translation of Ferisliteh, page 334, vol. IV.). 



" On the death of Shamsooddeen, the nobles of the state elevated 

 his eldest son to the throne three days afterwards. He had not long 

 entered on his rule before his country was again invaded in the year 

 A. II. 760, or A. D. 1358, by Feroze Togluk of Dehli." The next 

 passage is a curious coincidence. " When the Dehli army arrived at 

 Pandwah, Sikunder Poorby, following his father's example, took refuge 

 in the fortress of Yekdullah, &c." This Feroze Shah must have been 

 one of the Afghan Sultans of Hindoostan of 3d Turk Dynasty, who 

 ascended the throne of Dehli about 1351 A. D. Zafir Khan may have 

 been brother-in-law to Feroze Shah. He was uncle by the mother's 

 side of Shah Soofee, and Shah Soofee was nephew of Feroze Shah. 

 Could he also have been the father of Ababek Shah, who mounted the 

 throne of Dehli in 1389 1 His father's name was Zafir Khan. The 

 next question is who was Raja Man Nriputi converted to the Musal- 

 man faith by Zafir Khan ? Was he one of the Rajas of Orissa, the 

 limits of which territory extended till two centuries after as far north 

 as Triveni. Mr. Marshman in his history of Bengal states as follows : — 



" The powerful kings of Orissa had previously extended their con- 

 quest in Bengal ; and hence the Oriyahs boast that their kingdom once 

 extended to Triveni on the Bhageerutee. In the year 1550 Telenga 

 Mookund Deb ascended the throne of Orissa. He was the last inde- 

 pendent king of that c ountry ; he founded a ghat and temple at the 

 sacred spot of Triveni which formed the northern boundary of his 

 dominions." Compare Asiatic Researches, page 164, Vol. XV. "During 

 the sway of the princes of the Gungabun's line, for a period of nearly 

 four centuries, the boundaries of the Raja of Orissa may be stated as 

 follows ; with sufficient accuracy for a good description. North, a line 

 drawn from Triveni Ghat above Hugh, through Bisherpore to the 

 frontier of Putkun, east, the river Hugh and the sea south, the Goda- 

 veri or Gunga Godaveri, and west, a line carried from Singbhoom to 

 Sonepur." 



If Raja Man Nriputi was not one of the Rajas of Orissa, it is pro- 

 bable that both he and Raja Bhoo Dev may have been zemindars con* 

 nected with the royal family of Orissa, as they appear to have been 

 chiefs of some consequence, or else tributary to that power. Their 



