"From Buckever hither were above 200 Munaries' [minar, pillar], with heads mortered and plaistered in, leaveinge out nothing but their verie face, some 30, some 40, some more some lesse. This was Abdula Ckauns exploit (whoe is now Governour of Puttana), by the kings Order. For this way was soe pestered with Rebbells and Theeves, that there was noe passinge; soe that the Kinge sent Abdulla Ckaun, with 12,000 horse and 20,000 foote to suppresse them, whoe destroyed all their Townes', tooke all their goods, their wives and children for slaves, and the cheifest of their men, causeing their heads to bee cutt of and to be immortered as before [depicted]. To the Munares of dead mens heads made bv Abdulla Ckaun ['Abdullah Khan ] are added since our comeinge this way by Furzand Ckaun [Farzand Khan] about 60 more with 35 or 40 heads a peece, lately killed. Neere Etaya [Etawa] there was a new Munare a makeinge with a great heape of heads lyeing by them, ready to bee immortered."
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On Mundy's travel from Agra to Patna in 1632 . About the exploits of one of Jahangir’s commanders, Abdullah Khan Uzbeg Firoz Jung, in the Kalpi-Kanauj area. also cited in Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 7
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