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903.] M. Chakravarti —Eastern Gayga Icings of Orissa . 
Saban-tar [Sawantara ?], the son-in-law of the Rae, who during the time 
of Malik ’Izz-ud-din Tughuil-i-Tughan Khan, had advanced to the bank 
of the river of Lakhanawati, and having shown the greatest audacity, 
had driven the Musalman forces as far as the gate [of the city] of 
Lakhanawati.” (pp. 762-3). 
“ In the year 642 H., the infidels of Jaj-nagar appeared before the 
gate of Lakhanawati.” (p. 665). 
Other fights with a succeeding Bengal ruler also took place during 
this king’s time. 
“ After he ” [Malik Ikht.iyar-ud-din Yuz-bak-i-Tughril Khan] “ went 
to that part, and brought that country ” [Lakhanawati] “ under his 
jurisdiction, hostility arose between him and the Rae of Jaj-nagar. The 
leader of the forces of Jaj-nagar was a person, by name, Saban-tar ”... 
[see above]. In Malik Tughril Khan-i-Yuz-bak’s time, judging from 
the past, he [the Jaj-nagar leader] manifested great boldness, and 
fought, and was defeated. Again, another time, Malik Tu gh ril Khan-i- 
Yuz-bak fought an engagement with the Rae of Jaj-nagar, and again 
came out victorious. 
“ On a third occasion, Malik Yuz-bak sustained a slight reverse, and 
a white elephant than which there was no other more valuable in that 
part, and which was ruttish, got out of his hands in the field of battle, 
and fell into the hands of the infidels of Jaj-nagar. 
“ The following year, however, Malik Yuz-bak asked assistance 
from the court of Delhi, and then marched an army from Lakhanawati 
into the territory of Umurdan, and unexpectedly reached the Rae’s 
capital, which city they style Umurdan. The Rae of that place retired 
before Malik Yuz-bak, and the whole of the Rae’s family, dependants, 
and followers, and his wealth, and elephants, fell into the hands of the 
Musalman forces.” (p. 763). 
Minhaj-i-Saraj gives the dates of the fights with Malik Tughril-i- 
Tughan Khan (A.H. 641-2); but gives no dates of the fights with 
Malik Tu gh ril Khan-i-Yuz-bak. The latter could not have got Bengal 
before Malik Tamur Khafi-i-ki-ran who died on “ Friday, the end of 
the month of Shawwal. ” A.H. 644, or A.D. 1247, March (p. 741); and 
he must have ceased to rule before the capture of Lakhanawati by Malik 
Taj-ud-din Arsalan Khan Sanjar-i-chast, in 657 A.H. or A.D., 1259, when 
Malik ’Izz-ud-din Balban-i-Yuz-baki is said to have been the feudatory 
in charge of Lakhanawati (pp. 769-70). 
In J.A.S.B., LXV, 1896, pp. 232-4, Babu N. N. Yasu has argued 
that the “ Saban-tar ” who led the forces of Jaj-nagar was probably 
Narasimha Deva I, and “that Minhaj, by mistake has described the 
son to be the son-in-law. ” Now that the fights have been in this 
