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FROM DEOGIR TO DHUR SAMUNDAR 147 Kharababad of Paras Deo Dalvi, advancing for five stages, in which three large rivers, the Sini, Godavari, and Binhur, were crossed and also some other frightful streams. On the fifth day they arrived at Bandri, in the country (ikta 1 ') of Paras Deo Dalvi, who was obedi- ent to his exalted Majesty, and who desired that, by the force of the arms of the victorious Mohammedan soldiers, Bir Dhul and Bir Pandya might be reduced into one cup, 1 together with the seas which encircle them. Here Ala-ad-din halted to inquire about the coun- tries in advance, and was informed that the two rajas of Ma* bar, the elder named Bir Pandya, the younger Sundar Pandya, who had continued on friendly terms up to that time, had advanced against each other with hostile intentions, and that Billal Deo, the raja of Dhur Samundar, on learning this fact, had marched for the purpose of sacking their two empty cities and of plundering the merchants; but that, on hearing of the advance of the Mohammedan army, he had re- turned to his own country. On Sunday, the twenty-third of Ramazan, 709 A. H. (Feb. 24, 1310 A. D.), after holding a council of his chief officers, Ala-ad-din took a select body of cavalry with him and pressed on against Billal Deo, reaching the fort of Dhur Samundar on the fifth of Shawwal (March 8) after a difficult march of twelve days over the hills and valleys, and through thorny forests. 1 There is much punning here about wells (far) and buckets (dalvi), which it is impossible to render into English so as to make it comprehensible.