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Y. A. Smith— History of Bundelhhand. 
[No. 1, 
On page 180 the words of our author are—“ In the year 593 Kutb-ud- 
din marched from Dehli, and reduced Nehrwala, in Guzerat, with all its 
dependencies. After his return, he took the fort of Kalinjar, Kalpi, and 
Budaon.” 
Farishta then proceeds with the history of Muhammad Ghori (alias 
Shahab-ud-din) and an account of the early life of Kutb-ud-din, and con¬ 
tinues on p. 197 as follows: 
“ In the year 599, he mustered his forces, and marched against Kalin¬ 
jar, where he was opposed by the Raja of that country, whom he defeated ; 
then, dismounting his cavalry, he laid siege to the fort.” The details are 
then related as quoted by General Cunningham, and Farishta goes on to 
say—“ Kutb-ud-din now marched to Mahoba, the capital of the principality 
of Kalpi, which place he also subdued, together with Budaon, lying 
between the rivers Jumna and Ganges.” 
It is obvious that the passage on page 197 is only an amplification of 
that on page 180, and that both passages refer to the same events. 
In the earlier passage Farishta, does not say, as he is made to say by 
General Cunningham, that Kutb-ud-din reduced Kalinjar in A. H. 593 = 
A. D. 1196, but he says that in that year he reduced Nehrwala in Guzerat, 
and, ‘ after his return ’ took Kalinjar, Kalpi, and Budaon, all the four places 
named being separated from each other by long distances. 
Thus if is clearly proved that the supposed conquest of Mahoba, and 
Kalinjar by Kutb-ud-din in 1196 A. D. never really occurred. Gwaliar, 
the other great fortress of Bundelkhand, was, however, attacked in that 
year by Kutb-ud-din, who forced its ruler to pay tribute.** 
It may be worth noticing that Dow’s mistakef in calling by the name 
of Gola the Raja of Kalinjar attacked by Kutb-ud-din, was evidently due to 
his confounding the Raja, who is not named by Farishta, with Gola Rai of 
Ajmir,J who is mentioned in pages 179 and 194, 195 of Brigg’s translation. 
The contemporary Taj-ul Maasir correctly states the name of the Raja 
of Kalinjar as Parmar in a passage which I shall quote at length, as it is 
of considerable historical value, and affords further proof, if proof be needed, 
that Kutb-ud-din’s only expedition against Kalinjar occurred in 599 H. 
Capture of the Fort of Kalinjar. 
“ In the year 599 H. (1202 A. D.) Kutb-ud-din proceeded to the 
investment of Kalinjar, on which expedition he was accompanied by the 
* Dowson’s Elliot, II, 227-8. 
t Quoted by General Cunningham loc. cit. and in Gazetteer, I, 16. 
% For Gola Rai should be read “the Kola (natural son) of the Rai of Ajmfr.” 
(Dowson’s Elliot, II, 214.) [The term Gola has been much misunderstood. It is most 
probably identical with the Rajput tribal name Gora or Gama. The Goi-s of Ajmfr are 
well known; the substitution of l for r is not uncommon in Hindi; the spelling “ kola'* 
& an error which has further led to the erroneous interpretation “ natural son.” Ed.] 
